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Archive: April, 2013
April 26, 2013 – World Intellectual Property Day – Competition Invitation
Dear colleagues, We invite you to celebrate together this year’s World Intellectual Property Day April 26, 2013 by taking part in our competition for publication in the pages of the information portal IP4ALL.COM Send your article – scientific or research work, thesis, coursework, essay or other material in the field of intellectual property – innovation, […]
The Chinese State Council Revises Copyright Rules
State Council recently issued the decision on modifying the Copyright Law Implementation Regulations, Regulations for the Protection of Information Network Transmission Rights, Protection of Computer Software Regulations, strengthening the administrative sanctions on infringements against copyright. Anyone who provides others’ works through the network shall have to obtain permission otherwise will be punished by the law. […]
Trademark Act (including Trademark, Certification Mark, Collective Membership Mark and Collective Trademark) – amended and promulgated on June 29, 2011 and enforced on July 1, 2012
總統府公報 第6981號 中華民國100年6月29日(星期三) 目 次 壹、總統令 一、公布法律 (三十一)修正商標法……………………………………86 總 統 令 總統令 中華民國100年6月29日華總一義字第10000136171號 茲修正商標法,公布之。 總 統 馬英九 行政院院長 吳敦義 經濟部部長 施顏祥 商標法 中華民國100年6月29日公布 第一章 總 則 第 一 條 為保障商標權、證明標章權、團體標章權、團體商標權及消費者利益,維護市場公平競爭,促進工商企業正常發展,特制定本法。 第 二 條 欲取得商標權、證明標章權、團體標章權或團體商標權者,應依本法申請註冊。 第 三 條 本法之主管機關為經濟部。 商標業務,由經濟部指定專責機關辦理。 第 四 條 外國人所屬之國家,與中華民國如未共同參加保護商標之國際條約或無互相保護商標之條約、協定,或對中華民國國民申請商標註冊不予受理者,其商標註冊之申請,得不予受理。 第 五 條 商標之使用,指為行銷之目的,而有下列情形之一,並足以使相關消費者認識其為商標: 一、將商標用於商品或其包裝容器。 二、持有、陳列、販賣、輸出或輸入前款之商品。 三、將商標用於與提供服務有關之物品。 四、將商標用於與商品或服務有關之商業文書或廣告。 前項各款情形,以數位影音、電子媒體、網路或其他媒介物方式為之者,亦同。 第 六 條 申請商標註冊及其相關事務,得委任商標代理人辦理之。但在中華民國境內無住所或營業所者,應委任商標代理人辦理之。 商標代理人應在國內有住所。 第 七 條 二人以上欲共有一商標,應由全體具名提出申請,並得選定其中一人為代表人,為全體共有人為各項申請程序及收受相關文件。 未為前項選定代表人者,商標專責機關應以申請書所載第一順序申請人為應受送達人,並應將送達事項通知其他共有商標之申請人。 第 八 條 商標之申請及其他程序,除本法另有規定外,遲誤法定期間、不合法定程式不能補正或不合法定程式經指定期間通知補正屆期未補正者,應不受理。但遲誤指定期間在處分前補正者,仍應受理之。 申請人因天災或不可歸責於己之事由,遲誤法定期間者,於其原因消滅後三十日內,得以書面敘明理由,向商標專責機關申請回復原狀。但遲誤法定期間已逾一年者,不得申請回復原狀。 申請回復原狀,應同時補行期間內應為之行為。 前二項規定,於遲誤第三十二條第三項規定之期間者,不適用之。 第 九 條 商標之申請及其他程序,應以書件或物件到達商標專責機關之日為準;如係郵寄者,以郵寄地郵戳所載日期為準。 郵戳所載日期不清晰者,除由當事人舉證外,以到達商標專責機關之日為準。 第 十 條 處分書或其他文件無從送達者,應於商標公報公告之,並於刊登公報後滿三十日,視為已送達。 第十一條 商標專責機關應刊行公報,登載註冊商標及其相關事項。 前項公報,得以電子方式為之;其實施日期,由商標專責機關定之。 第十二條 商標專責機關應備置商標註冊簿,登載商標註冊、商標權異動及法令所定之一切事項,並對外公開之。 前項商標註冊簿,得以電子方式為之。 第十三條 有關商標之申請及其他程序,得以電子方式為之;其實施辦法,由主管機關定之。 第十四條 商標專責機關對於商標註冊之申請、異議、評定及廢止案件之審查,應指定審查人員審查之。 前項審查人員之資格,以法律定之。 第十五條 商標專責機關對前條第一項案件之審查,應作成書面之處分,並記載理由送達申請人。 前項之處分,應由審查人員具名。 第十六條 有關期間之計算,除第三十三條第一項、第七十五條第四項及第一百零三條規定外,其始日不計算在內。 第十七條 本章關於商標之規定,於證明標章、團體標章、團體商標,準用之。 第二章 商 標 第一節 申請註冊 第十八條 商標,指任何具有識別性之標識,得以文字、圖形、記號、顏色、立體形狀、動態、全像圖、聲音等,或其聯合式所組成。 前項所稱識別性,指足以使商品或服務之相關消費者認識為指示商品或服務來源,並得與他人之商品或服務相區別者。 第十九條 申請商標註冊,應備具申請書,載明申請人、商標圖樣及指定使用之商品或服務,向商標專責機關申請之。 申請商標註冊,以提出前項申請書之日為申請日。 […]
Interpol Drug Anti-Counterfeiting Summary
Interpol and twenty-nine pharmaceutical companies announced that they are jointly establishing a new program to help combat counterfeit drugs. Among others, the initiative was supported by Amgen, Inc., AstraZeneca, Bayer AG, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly & Co., GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co, Novartis, Pfizer Inc., Roche Group and Sanofi SA. The […]
1,500 Fake Hermès Handbags Seized at Port of L.A.
Two shipments of counterfeit 1,500 Hermès handbags, one bound to Mexico and other to U.S.A, were seized at the Port of L.A. The counterfeit bags, which originated from China, have a combined estimated domestic value of $18,412. This value is an indicator of potentially high profit margins in the illegal trade of this type of […]
Year 2012, a record year for the EPO
The number of patent filings at the European Patent Organization (EPO) reached a new peak in 2012. This was recognized as an indication that the industry is opting to innovate its way out of the economic crisis, according to EPO’s President Benoît Battistelli, who presented EPO’s 2012 annual results in Brussels. The EPO received 257 […]
Director General of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) was appointed member of the Supervisory Board of the EPO Academy
Mrs. Ljiljana Kuterovac, Director General of the SIPO has been appointed to the position of member of the Supervisory Board of the Academy of the EPO by its Administrative Council at the 135th session. The appointment is for a three-year term starting ...
Mrs. Ljiljana Kuterovac, Director General of the SIPO has been appointed to the position of member of the Supervisory Board of the Academy of the EPO by its Administrative Council at the 135th session.
The appointment is for a three-year term starting ...
Director General of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) was appointed member of the Supervisory Board of the EPO Academy
Mrs. Ljiljana Kuterovac, Director General of the SIPO has been appointed to the position of member of the Supervisory Board of the Academy of the EPO by its Administrative Council at the 135th session. The appointment is for a three-year term starting ...
Mrs. Ljiljana Kuterovac, Director General of the SIPO has been appointed to the position of member of the Supervisory Board of the Academy of the EPO by its Administrative Council at the 135th session.
The appointment is for a three-year term starting ...
“Not At The Expense of Others” Campaign Completed
The “Not at the Expense of Others” campaign, launched by AmCham Serbia and the U.S. Embassy, was ceremonially completed by announcing the winner of the contest for the best amateur film on intellectual property rights protection. The award was presented to Isidora Popovic, a student of the Third Grammar School of Belgrade and the author […]
The “Not at the Expense of Others” campaign, launched by AmCham Serbia and the U.S. Embassy, was ceremonially completed by announcing the winner of the contest for the best amateur film on intellectual property rights protection. The award was presented to Isidora Popovic, a student of the Third Grammar School of Belgrade and the author […]