Taiwan Patent Practices

• Taiwan-U.S. Patent Priority Document Exchange Streamlines Cross-Border Patent Filings
• Recent Court Case: Responding to Patentee Doctrine of Equivalents Claim with Prosecution History Estoppel and Practicing Prior Art
• Application of the Doctrine of Not Importing Limitations from the Specification into a Claim: Insights from a Recent Court Decision
• Using Clinical Trial Results from a Parent Patient Population as Prior Art to Challenge Inventive Step
• Determining the Subjective Elements of Criminal Liability under the Trademark Act for Importing Counterfeit Goods

Taiwan Trademark Practices

• An Agent Previously Authorized by the Original Manufacturer to Obtain Trademark Rights in Taiwan Cannot Assert Trademark Infringement Against Parallel Importers After Termination of the Agency Relationship
• Will Advertising and Promotion of Genuine Parallel Imports Constitute Trademark Infringement?—Commentary on the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court 2025 Civil Judgment No. 11
• Engaging an Advertiser to Purchase Keyword Advertising May Still Constitute Infringement
• Determination of Essential Technical Features of an Invention

Taiwan Copyright Practices

• If an Employer Uses a Work Created in the Course of Employment Without Indicating the Author’s Name, It Must Be Determined, Based On Generally Accepted Standards, Whether This Constitutes an Infringement of the Right to Attribution