How to Deal with Trademark Disputes in Taiwan?

Taiwan is well-known to people as “Treasure Islands” (“寶島”). Many foreign-funded enterprises

want to take the lead in Taiwan and enjoy the benefits brought by its developments. People often say

“the Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong”, hence after developing business vigorously in

Taiwan, there is a considerable advantage for an enterprise to develop in other territories.

However, after deciding to enter the Taiwan market, you might find that your own trademark was

preempted in Taiwan. Then how to deal with the situation at this time is a very important thing.

We could think from different perspectives to figure out why our trademarks will be preempted. For

example, is it because the previous sales sold to Taiwan leading the downstream manufacturers to

think that the trademark registration is profitable, hence they applied for it without our consent?

Could we still have a method to obtain the trade mark right if encountering such condition?

We can retrieve the trademark rights by raising the relevant procedures to the Taiwan Intellectual

Property Office. Taking the preemptive trademark registration by downstream manufacturers as an

example, we could provide a considerable amount of evidence to prove that we have business

relationships with each other and we are the true owners to retrieve the trademark rights.

When encountering trademark disputes, the most important thing is not being self-defeating. We

recommend you to go seek professional agents, consult professional opinions for how to tackle

different potential scenarios comprehensively while encountering trademark disputes. A strategy

concerning trademark should be devised, to prevent others people from infringing your trademark

right during your business expansions in Taiwan.

Obtaining trademark rights is of paramount importance. You are recommended to entrust

professional agents in helping you to obtain trademark rights and protect them by improving

measures. As such, you could expand your business from Taiwan as the base to other areas, without

any worries. Please contact us for more information as to the actual operations and more assistance

as well as professional advice.