On March 9, 2009, the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei (ECCT) hosted Taiwan IP Office (TIPO) Director General Wang Mei-Hua for a speech on the future direction of Taiwan’s IP protection efforts. DG Wang provided an overview of cooperative efforts between Taiwan’s IP officials and their counterparts in Japan, the EU, the United States, as […]
After some recent problems with Taiwan prosecutors demanding to see powers of attorney from foreign IP rights-holders that had been notarized (using the standard method) and “legalized” (using further authentication at a Taiwan overseas representative office) in cases where it was clear from the context and other documentation that the Taiwan lawyers representing them were […]
Eiger Law colleagues John Eastwood, Eve Chen and Nathan Kaiser will go to Seattle for the International Trademark Association (INTA) conference taking place May 16-20, 2009. The conference is the single largest gathering of trademark professionals and will be the 131st annual meeting INTA has held. For more information: http://www.inta.org/index.php?option=com_intaevents&task=eventdetails&id=1245&catid=11&parentid=1244&Itemid=67&getcontent=2