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2026-02-25 FTC Penalizes PChome and Supplier for False Advertising of Lapsed Patents
Patents
2026-02-13 How Recent Court Rulings Redefine the Line Between Common Words and Trademark Distinctiveness
Trademarks
2025-12-18 TIPO Announces Key Revisions to Deferred Substantive Examination Guidelines (Effective January 1, 2026)
Patents
2025-12-04 The Court's New View on Geographical Names: Analyzing Acquired Distinctiveness in the YORKSHIRE TEA Invalidation Case
Trademarks
2025-11-28 Overturning the TIPO: The IPCC's Novel Perspective on 'Motivation to Combine' in Taiwanese Patent Law
Patents
2025-10-17 Court Overturns IPO’s Decision on Trademark “SIDECAR” – Analysis of Criteria for Determining Similarity of Goods (APPLE INC. and ALFRED DUNHILL LIMITED)
Trademarks
2025-09-22 Design Patent Novelty: Practices and Case Studies Across Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S.
Patents
2025-09-02 Are Interior Design Graphics Protected by the Copyright Act?
Trademarks
2025-08-14 Unfair Competition: FTC Finds YOMIX Power Bank Patent Claims False and Imposes Fines
Patents
2025-08-08 Evolving Standards for “Simple Change” in Taiwan’s Mechanical Patent Cases
Patents
2025-07-14 Can Shoe Designs be Registered as 3D Trademarks? A Case Study on the Birkenstock Sandals
Trademarks
2025-04-16 Court Clarifies the Burden of Proof for Common General Knowledge and Admissibility of Supplementary Experimental Data
Patents
2025-03-19 Amazon Alexa Trademark: Supreme Administrative Court Overturned IP Court’s Ruling on “Likelihood of Confusion”
Trademarks
2025-02-18 Supreme Administrative Court Invalidates Novartis's Crystalline Patent - Part II
Patents
2025-01-24 Supreme Administrative Court Invalidates Novartis's Crystalline Patent - Part I
Patents
2025-01-10 Judgment of Inventive Step for AI Invention Patents
Patents
2024-11-22 How Global Retail Company TARGET Preserves Trademark Rights in Taiwan
Trademarks
2024-07-17 Taiwan Supreme Administrative Court Finally Unifies Standard for Determining “Well-known Trademarks” in the VALENTINO Opposition Decision
Trademarks
2024-07-05 CNIPA Made Landmark Decisions of Inventiveness for Crystal Form Patents
Patents
2024-06-14 IP Court Tightens Rules on Amending Markush Claims
Patents
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