Frequently asked trademark questions
1. Do I acquire trademark rights in Taiwan through use or registration? Taiwan employs a first-to-register system for trademark protection. Your un...
Domain name dispute resolution in Taiwan
How should the owner of a famous trademark deal with the unauthorized registration and use of its famous mark as a domain name in Taiwan? While relief...
Priority available in Taiwan for patents and trademarks filed in China
The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has announced that it will begin processing applications for patents and trademarks claiming priority based on...
Taiwan-China financial market liberalization raises data protection concerns
Taiwanese and Chinese regulatory authorities signed memoranda last November expanding mutual access to and the supervision of banking, insurance, and ...
Economic cooperation between Taiwan and China, long a subject of intense interest, resulted in the signing of three memorandums of understanding (MOUs...
Implementing regulations for ISP safe harbor amendments announced
The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) announced the Regulations Governing Implementation of Limitations on the Liability of Internet Service ...
ISP ‘safe harbor’ loopholes panned
Criticism has been leveled at the “Internet Service Provider Liability Limitation” amendments to Taiwan’s Copyright Act that came into effect in...
Do expatriates need to join the National Health Insurance program?
The promulgation of the National Health Insurance Act in 1994 changed Taiwan from a country where most of the population did not have insured health c...