Do I Need Clout to Protect My Name?
– The concurrence of name rights and trademark rights

After the fight for the 2022 Qatar World cup came to a close, a series of new battles in the world of trademarks popped up. In China, media outlets re...

Will I Waive my Right to Claim Trademark Infringement by Being Silent About Counterfeit Products?

For trademark owners, counterfeiting has always been a very troubling issue. Sometimes, even if a company knows that counterfeit goods are circulating...

Recent developments in Taiwan’s trade secrets protection regime

In recent years, trade secret infringement cases have continually popped up in Taiwan’s news media. In one example, Ability Opto-electronics Technol...

Creative works as NFTs and relevant legal issues in Taiwan

Blockchain or distributed ledger technology is the primary technology upon which cryptocurrencies, utility tokens, security tokens, and similar produc...

Franchising in Taiwan: protecting your trademarks

Franchising arrangements are essentially just a specialized form of intellectual property license. A franchisor, or rights owner, licenses its intelle...

Exploring statistics at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court: part IV administrative litigation

Having highlighted some interesting statistics regarding civil judgements rendered by the Intellectual Property Court (“IP Court”) in the previou...

A new positive patent examination program for startups

Lack of funds and tangible assets is a common problem for startups, and one which often proves fatal. To address this issue, Taiwan began promoting in...

Exploring statistics at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court: part III civil litigation

In this part of our report (previous parts one and two are here), we look at civil judgments rendered by the Intellectual Property Court (“IP Co...