Do Sports Video Games Need a License to Simulate a Stadium’s Appearance?

The well-known video game company Electronic Arts (EA) is known for releasing the football video game FIFA (now known as EA Sport FC), which is celebr...

Top 10 Trademark Cases of 2022 in Taiwan

In this article, we selected ten representative trademark cases from the judgments of the Supreme Administrative Court and the Intellectual Property a...

WTR1000: Winkler Partners recognized as top trademark firm

WTR 1000 2023 once again includes Winkler Partners as a top trademark firm in Taiwan. We received silver rankings in both litigation and prosecution. ...

ChatGPT Use: Things You May Need to Know

ChatGPT – an AI-powered chatbot released by OpenAI in November 2022 – took the internet by storm. According to an article on the CNBC news, ChatGP...

Does the Use of a Trademark on Giveaways Constitute Trademark Use? Observing the Views Held by Taiwan Courts on Infringing Use and Bona Fide Use
— Part 2 Bona Fide Use and Overall Comparison

The previous part of this article presents prevailing judicial views and the authors’ observations regarding infringing uses of trademarks on gifts....

Update on draft amendments to the Trademark Act to accelerate trademark examination procedures

For many years, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (“TIPO”) has aimed to optimize and reduce the length of trademark examination procedures. ...

How are “well-known trademarks” defined under Taiwan’s Trademark Act?
—Supreme Administrative Court (Grand Chamber) No. 111-Da-1

To strengthen the protection of well-known trademarks, the 2003 amendment of the Trademark Act incorporated the “trademark dilution theory” into i...

Does the Use of a Trademark on Giveaways Constitute Trademark Use? Observing the Views Held by Taiwan Courts on Infringing Use and Bona Fide Use
— Part 1 Infringing Use

Modern day business managers use a variety of marketing techniques to promote consumer recognition of their company’s trademark or consumption of go...