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November 19, 2007 1:24 PM
TIPO Invalidates Trademark Registration of Confucius
A recent wire service news story incorrectly reported that the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) "...has decided to revoke a patent registration request...[for]... the use of the name of the ancient Chinese thinker Confucius." What the TIPO has in fact done is invalidate a trademark registration of the historical Chinese-language name "Confucius" by the Office of the Chinese Language Council International, a corporate entity directly administered by China's Ministry of Education.
According to the TIPO, the Chinese Language Council applied to register "Confucius" as a trademark for educational services provided by the Council's international chain of Chinese language teaching centers known as Confucian Institutes. The TIPO published the trademark registration but after publication, the TIPO's internal quality control working group questioned the appropriateness of the registration. An internal review process determined that the name " Confucius" lacked distinctiveness as a marker identifying the origin of educational services and products and TIPO invalidated the registration. The Chinese Language Council is now being asked to submit comments on the invalidation.
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Tags: IP , TIPO , trademark
November 8, 2007 3:27 PM
Landmark Prosecution for Textbook Copyright Infringement
The Chinese-language United Daily News reported today (8 Nov.) that Taichung prosecutors have indicted a college student for violating Taiwan's Copyright Act by having a print and copy shop make four copies of extensive extracts from a textbook on marketing management. The prosecutors are asking the court to sentence the student to 20 days of detention.
While that sentence is largely symbolic since most sentences of less than six months can be converted to a fine, the prosecution itself is significant because prosecutors have traditionally enforced the copyright against the print shops that accept orders to copy textbooks rather than the students who commission the copying.
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Tags: copyright , IP , TIPO
July 12, 2007 3:09 PM
P2P Amendments to the Copyright Act Become Law
The Legislative Yuan passed proposed amendments to Taiwan's Copyright Act in June broadening the scope of the definition of copyright infringement to include the provision of software or services for profit that enable the unauthorized public transmission or reproduction of...
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Tags: copyright , IP , TIPO
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