Bulletin
LEE & LI Bulletin - September 2015
Bulletin
Refining the Determination of Inventive Step Requirement
A key factor in determining the validity of the patent is inventive step/non-obviousness. "An invention that... can be easily made by a person having ordinarily skilled in the art based on prior art shall not be patented" (Paragraph 2, Article 22, Patent Act). In practice, however, "hindsight" issue often occurs in court practice in many jurisdictions around the worl when determining whether a patent is sufficiently inventive. ... MoreTaiwan IP Practices
- Issues Relating to Trade Dress Protection
- The Cancellation of Patent Right Can Serve as a Cause of Retrial for a Binding Infringement Judgment in Favor of Patentee
- Supreme Administrative Court in Favor of IP Court Cancelling Stopgap Trademark
- In an Administrative Suit Regarding a Cancellation Action, the Court Shall Take Its Initiative in Clarifying Whether the Feature Not Disclosed by Prior Art Exhibits Is Common knowledge In the Industry