Bulletin
LEE & LI Bulletin - November 2019
Bulletin
Requirements regarding Post-Allowance Division under the Amended Patent Act
The amended Patent Act took effect as of 1 November 2019. Regarding the post-allowance division, in the past, a request for division was only allowed to be filed within 30 days from receipt of an allowance decision, if the parent invention application was allowed at the first examination stage. ... MoreTaiwan Patent Practices
- Amended Patent Examination Guidelines for Pharmaceutical-Related Inventions Taking Effect in 2020
- Broadest Reasonable Interpretation, Presumption of Validity and Doctrine of Claim Differentiation
- International Patent Classification Is Merely One of the Factors in Determining Whether There Is Motivation to Combine Multiple Citations
- Provisional Execution is Unnecessary for Judgment Approving Patent Transfer Recordation
Taiwan Trademark Practices
- Can a Trademark Owner Assert the Trademark Well-Known Status at a Place Where Its Trademark Is Registered but Import of Their Goods Is Prohibited by Law?
- Using Another's Trademark in Domain Names to Mislead the Internet Users into Gambling Websites is deemed as Bad Faith in Domain Name Disputes
- Using Another's Mark to Promote Prizes in Lottery Games in Advertisements Is Not Actionable Use for Trademark Infringement