According to an explanatory report titled "Metaverse and Design Patents in Taiwan" the Taiwan IP Office (TIPO) published on June 13, 2022, the visual appearance of a virtual object represented by an NFT...

On the last day of 2020, the first patent linkage litigation in Taiwan was adjudicated by the IP Court.

It is no news that in some jurisdictions there have been cases where virtual currencies being criminal proceeds were seized, confiscated, and even auctioned off by courts or law enforcement agencies.

At the beginning of January 2018, a patent linkage system, established in an attempt to resolve disputes on patent invalidity and infringement among brand drug companies and generic drug companies ...

This loophole, if there is one, might need to be eventually mended by the court.

One of the most straightforward and cost-effective approaches for a trademark owner to halt infringement is to seek customs border protection.

A trade secret is defined by Taiwan's Trade Secret Act as a piece of information that passes a tripartite test (roughly the same test as adopted in Article 39 of the TRIPS Agreement).

In order to more extensively protect pharmaceutical products and to encourage the development of pharmaceutical industry, the current legal system provides two specific patent related protections to pharmaceutical products ...

Pharmaceuticals and agricultural drugs cannot be marketed for sale in Taiwan before a regulatory approval is obtained.

The bonus provided in this Regulation applies to employees still working in this company when the bonus is granted.

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven many trademark owners to suspend or discontinue using their marks or adjust their business models. Will these activities lead to risk of non-use cancellations in Taiwan?

The PIF system employed in the new law was modeled after the EU counterpart.

Medical devices had long been regulated under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act as an incidental part of drugs. With the rapid growth of domestic medical device industry, this practice was increasingly criticized as being out of date.

In a newsletter published at the end of 2020 on our website, we reported on two IP & Commercial Court (the IPC Court) decisions rendered in 2020, both holding that...

In a recent decision, the Taiwan IP Court rendered a new perspective on the test of determining whether a Taiwan court has jurisdiction over a foreign defendant whose products are sold to Taiwan via its website.

The rule of international exhaustion is still the benchmark in Taiwan's patent and trademark law regimes to address issues surrounding parallel imports also known as grey market goods.

A CPO can be issued only on an ex officio basis.

IP warranty & indemnity clauses are legal tools often used by buyers to manage and distribute supply chain risks, in particular IP litigation and associated financial hazards in connection with the seller's products ...

Under Article 36.1.3 of Taiwan's Trademark Act, a prior user is someone who has been continuously using an identical or similar mark on the same or related goods with good intent since prior...

In June 2020, we reported a case of copyright infringement on the exterior design of a karaoke booth, or K-booth in short...