Bulletin
LEE & LI Bulletin - July 2017
Bulletin
Proposal of Amendments to the Patent Act, Article 53 and Patent Examination Guidelines on Patent Term Extension
The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (hereafter referred to as "TIPO") intends to make an overall review of the Patent Act and Patent Examination Guidelines regarding patent term extension, and thus held a meeting for a proposal of amendments to the Patent Act, Article 53 and Patent Examination Guidelines on Patent Term Extension (hereafter referred to as "PTE meeting") on 20 June 2017. The issues raised in the PTE meeting are explained as follows. ... MoreTaiwan Practices of Trademark and Copyright
- IP Court Rejects Legitimate Parallel Imports Claim When Foreign and Local Trademark Owners are Different
- The Supreme Court of Taiwan: Any Exploitation of a Work Shall Indicate its Author’s Name or Appellation
Taiwan Patent Practices
- Inventions Described in the Patent Specification but Not Claimed by the Patent Are Irrelevant to the Determination of Patent Definiteness
- Amendments to Patent Examination Guidelines on Inventive Step Assessment: A More Refined Approach to Determining Whether “Motivation to Combine Multiple References” Exists
- Recent Opinions of the IP Court Concerning the Contribution Rate of a Patent
- Whether the Difference between the Patent in Question and the Alleged Infringing Subject can be Easily Accomplished is Taken as a Basis for Determining Patent Infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents
- The Prior Art Stated in a Patent Specification Should Be Deemed Common Knowledge/Ordinary Skill That Persons Ordinarily Skilled in the Art Had at the Time When the Patent Application Was Filed