2021年12月17日，台北市進出口公會
Trademark squatting” is pervasive and remains a concern for authorities in countries around the world.
In order to solve this problem, the United States enacted “The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA)“, which added ex parte expungement and reexamination proceedings for cancellation of registration when the required use in commerce of the registered mark has not been made. On the other hand, in China, trademark squatting is a long-term headache for foreign companies who try to enter the Chinese market. Recently, China has revised the Trademark Act in order to fight against trademarks that are registered in bad faith.
Ms. Kao (高秀美), Deputy Leader of Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), and Ms. Ann Lai, lawyer of Chien Yeh & Associates, was invited by Importers & Exporter Association of Taipei( IEATPE) to share trademark and brand cases and the latest amendments in the United States, ASEAN, and China.
美國於去年 12 月底頒布 「美國制定商標現代化法案（Trademark Modernization Act of 2020, TMA）」，並於今年年底正式施行，針對提供假證據的商標或從未在商業上使用的商標增加了刪除及複審（ex parte Reexamination and expungement）的程序，希望藉此修法改善美國近來商標申請過於浮濫的亂象；另一方面，中國大陸也增修惡意註冊的規範，可知浮濫申請與惡意註冊已經是各國智慧局留意的問題。
美、中為台灣兩大貿易市場，台北市進出口同業公會特邀智慧局高秀美副組長以及勤業國際專利商標聯合事務所賴苡安律師，一同出席分享美國、東協、兩岸的商標品牌案例及修法新知。