Trademark
Introduction
Our Experiences
Our Trademark Practice Group provides full-solution services, ranging from acquisition, maintenance, dispute resolution to trademark exploitation, for clients that desire to take full advantage of their trademarks. Our team members assist global companies in protecting their trademarks not only in Taiwan but also in China, Hong Kong and other territories. Drawing on the close ties with our exclusive alliance with Lee and Li – Leaven IPR Agency Ltd based in Beijing, China, we excel in providing affordable first-rate services for trademark-related matters in the Greater China area.
Our Teams
Team members are proficient in Chinese, English and/or Japanese. We also have different teams specifically responsible for dealing with official actions regarding goods/services amendments, reporting and advising on possible conflicting trademarks and renewal reminders so as to ensure that clients' rights are well protected. The majority of team members have more than ten years of experience in trademark practice with a proven track record in handling domestic and international client's trademark matters.
Our Expertises
We maintain a long-standing, collaborative relationship with Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office and are frequently called upon to provide consultation on the developments of the law and practice. We are also the key firm assisting the Intellectual Property Office in preparing English and Japanese translations of trademark-related laws, regulations and guidelines as well as Chinese translations of foreign articles and papers. We actively participate in the International IP Organizations to keep abreast of development of international trademarks and the laws and practices of various countries
Scope of Services
- Assisting clients in preparing and planning for strategies to protect their trademarks
- Trademark searches
- Filing trademark applications
- Filing and defending trademark opposition proceedings
- Filing and defending trademark invalidation proceedings
- Filing and defending trademark revocation proceedings
- Applying for recordation of a trademark assignment
- Applying for recordation of a trademark license
- Applying for recordation of a pledge on trademark rights
- Applying for recordation of any changes in the particulars of a trademark registration
- Assisting clients in managing and utilizing their trademark rights
- Applying for recordation of trademarks with the Customs
- Drafting and reviewing contracts
- Conducting administrative remedy procedures concerning any applications such as administrative appeal and administrative suit proceedings
Awards and Honors
- World Trademark Review – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals
- World Trademark Review – Trademark Prosecution and Strategy Firm of Taiwan
- Asia IP Survey – Tier 1 Trademark Firm for Taiwan
- Asia IP Awards – Taiwan Trademark Firm of the Year
- Managing Intellectual Property World Survey – Tier One Trade Mark Firm for Taiwan
- MIP Global Awards – Taiwan IP Firm of the Year
- Asia Pacific – Tier 1 Law Firm for Intellectual Property in Taiwan
- Cambers and Partners – Band 1 Firm for Intellectual Property
- Asian Legal Business – Tier One Trademark Firm for Taiwan
Milestone Cases
- Registration of the sound mark "Hisamitsu sound mark" (Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.)
- Registration of the motion mark "Hisamitsu (Motion Trademark)" (Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.)
- Registration of the three-dimensional trademark "Blue Box with White Satin Ribbon" (Tiffany and Company)
- Registration of the three-dimensional trademark "天燈+山體(無圖案之空建築)" (Taiwan External Trade Development Council)