Taiwan’s Lunch Talk on Emerging Legal Topics  Regarding Trademark and Copyright

The Taiwan Chapter was very honored to co-host, along with the Taiwan Trademark Association, National Taipei University Department of Law, and iADR® on 15 March 2022 a lunch talk on “Emerging Legal Topics Regarding Trademark and Copyright” through a virtual meeting. This was the first time that an online talk organized by the Taiwan Chapter was held at noon to accommodate the busy schedules of its professional attendees.

Dr Helena Chen FCIArb (Convenor of the Taiwan Chapter, Senior Partner of Chen & Chang, Attorneys-at-Law) first introduced talks held by the Taiwan Chapter last year, which, as with the today’s talk, revolved around hot and emerging legal issues for industries in Taiwan, and discussed how the law might respond. She then invited special guest, Ms Ching-I Lu (Secretary-General of Taiwan Trademark Association), and special guest, Dr. Chi-Yang Lin (Assistant Professor of National Taipei University Department of Law) to give welcome remarks. Ms Lu gave several examples of the legal issues that remain to be clarified in the trademark application as well as enforcement in the Metaverse world, followed by Dr Lin’s presentation regarding the most current Japanese studies as a reference on how intellectual property issues in the Metaverse world may be viewed under the laws of Japan.

The talk was then organized into three parts, with each keynote speaker sharing his/her experiences, insights, and advice on one specific topic. Mr Parkson N.H. Hsu (Partner of Tsai, Lee & Chen) presented the topic “Case Analysis of Trademark Validity Maintenance”, in which he dissected the inter-disciplinary relationship among trademark, trade dress, and copyright.  Ms. Ann Lai (Partner of Chien Yen & Associates) discussed new challenges that may be brought to the trademark field with the advent of Metaverse. Ms Monica Wang FCIArb (Secretary-General of the Taiwan Chapter, Partner of Formosa Transnational, Attorneys at Law) shared her insights on copyright-related issues with respect to the currently heated transactions of NFT.  The talk was concluded with an enthusiastic Q&A session. Nearly 200 avid virtual attendees participated in the talk. A poll indicates that more than 90 percent of the attendees are satisfied/very satisfied with the talk.

Photo: From top left to bottom right: Ms. Ann Lai (Partner of Chien Yen & Associates), Dr Helena Chen FCIArb (Convenor of the Taiwan Chapter, Senior Partner of Chen & Chang, Attorneys-at-Law), Mr. Parkson N.H. Hsu (Partner of Tsai, Lee & Chen), Dr Chi-Yang Lin (Assistant Professor of National Taipei University Department of Law), Ms. Ching-I Lu (Secretary-General of Trademark Association), and Ms Monica Wang FCIArb (Secretary-General of the Taiwan Chapter, Partner of Formosa Transnational, Attorneys at Law)