Even if the identity is not affected, a trademark altered by the owner in different forms shall still be revoked.

According to the Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act, when the IP Court finds grounds for revoking a trademark right, the trademark owner may no longer assert rights against other parties in trademark infringement civil litigation. However, when does this restriction on asserting rights against other parties begin?

Ultimately, the court determined that the plaintiff was aware of the defendant's infringing act during the opposition stage, and that the statute of limitations for claiming damages for trademark infringement should have commenced at that time. Therefore, the court ruled that the plaintiff's right to claim damages for trademark infringement was time-barred.

Attorney Ching-I Lu, Secretary-General of the Taiwan Trademark Association, assisted the association in organizing three professional seminars in 2025.

Legal entities may also claim damages from trademark infringers for non-pecuniary harm

If a joint owner of a trademark uses the jointly owned trademark, does he or she need the other joint owner's consent?