Counterfeit Crackdown! Penalty Reduction Standards
Amended to Remove Small-Scale Smuggling Loophole
In late February 2025, the Customs Administration of the Ministry of Finance announced proposed amendments to certain provisions of the Standards for ...
WP Contributes to Practical Law’s Doing Business in Taiwan
Our team, including Greg Buxton and Christine Chen, contributed to Practical Law’s Doing Business in Taiwan. This Q&A provides a high-level o...
Navigating Legal Boundaries During Olympic Fever: A Brief Discussion on Ambush Marketing
For a few weeks every four years all eyes turn towards the spectacle of sport that is the Olympic games. Despite the high costs associated with being ...
If a foreign hotel brand does not have a local operational branch providing services in Taiwan, is its registered trademark in Taiwan liable to revoca...
WP Contributes to Taiwan Chapter in Practical Law’s Terminating Licenses of IP Rights
Our team, including Ling-ying Hsu and Yi-kai Chen, contributed to the Taiwan Chapter of Practical Law's Practice Note on Terminating Licenses of IP Ri...
An Overview of Trademark Licensing in Taiwan
Nowadays, trademark licensing plays an important role in commercial activities globally. Licensors gain revenue and access to broader markets, while ...
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...