Trademark in the virtual world.

Trademark in the virtual world.

TLDR: The jury ruled: Since MetaBirkins NFTs are launched more as a commercial venture,instead of art projects.The existing trademark laws are sufficiently elastic to protect brand owners’ rights as to NFTs.  That is, what’s protected in real world could be protected...
7 key elements to Taiwan’s IP Case Adjudication Act

7 key elements to Taiwan’s IP Case Adjudication Act

On 12 January 2023, Taiwan’s Congress passed Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act. The Judicial Yuan introduced the legislation to strengthen trade secret protection and to establish a more professional, effective and internationally trendy IP litigation...
Brief of PACE program of EPO

Brief of PACE program of EPO

Acceleration program is not new but always a desperate measurement to take for applicants of European patent applications; the following is basics vital to applicants before launching such request:   Annuities from the 3rd year are required before EPO, even when...
Taiwan’s 2022 Amendments to the Trademark Act

Taiwan’s 2022 Amendments to the Trademark Act

The government of Taiwan has reviewed and revised relevant laws and regulations in order to meet the standard of Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) free trade agreement this Spring.  According to the Article 111 of Taiwan...
Brief of Hague System

Brief of Hague System

1.The Hague System enables design owners to apply centrally for designs for a number of states and/or intergovernmental organizations (in particular the European Union Intellectual Property Office), rather than having to make separate applications for each state...