Taiwan Patent Practices

• IPO Revised Examination Guidelines for Post-Grant Patent Amendments

Taiwan Trademark Practices

• Supreme Administrative Court Rejects Reverse Confusion Doctrine for Granting Junior Trademark Registration

Taiwan Intellectual Property Court Practices

• The Role of "Closest Prior Art" in Determining Non-Obviousness
• IPO Invalidates a Patent Based on the Combinations of Evidence not Presented by the Patent Invalidation Petitioner, without Notifying the Patentee to Respond
• Does the IP Court Need to Investigate the Technical Evaluation Report of a Utility Model Patent When Conclusions of the Report Differ from Results of Invalidation Actions?

China Patent Practices

• The Value of Design Patents in Greater China Area
• Beijing IP Court Boosts Damages for Patent Infringement