Most countries around the world base their trademark classes on the same list of products and services. This list was first agreed up on at a big conference in the French city of Nice in 1957. To register your trademark, you need to decide which classes you need to...
Got this phone call from one of our clients who mainly doing business in Taiwan and China, asking about should they put ® next to their trademark, do they have to put it next to their trademark? This is a common question, something I hear at least once for every few...
Maybe because Taiwan and China are geographically close and a lot of people have business relationship with China, it is not rare for you to hear people share their experiences about doing business over there. Everyone has a story to tell. Let me tell you a story that...
For the past year, this is maybe the question that all the trademark agent in China had been asked repeatedly. Generally, it will take 8-12 months for the trademark office to release the decision. If an approval is released, 3 months after the publication date, the...
Have you heard of trademark squatters? Just saw a scary news the other day, talked about an Australian start-up dairy company’s trademark had been stolen in China even before trademark has been advertised to the public. Years ago, when I start to help people to apply...
Months ago I found this product on IndieGoGo, a travel jacket call BAUBAX, with a very tempting advertising slogan”The World’s Best TRAVEL JACKET with 15 Features”. For a person who does appreciate the convenience of shoving everything in the pockets while traveling,...
An amazing get-together night of women entrepreneur host by Gabriele Seewald. Here, we shared our story and we learn from others. Many thanks to Joanna Yang from ROBO WEB TECH bring us the knowledge about P2P lending trend and value; Gabriele Seewald's insight of...
Alibaba Group has two major online shopping platforms - Taobao and Tmall. Taobao is focusing on consumer-to-consumer online shopping and Tmall is a business-to-consumer online shopping platform offering global brands to an increasingly affluent Chinese consumer base...
Recently we have received several questions from clients and seen news about companies that have found out that the logo they use is a trademark registered by someone else and then being accused of trademark infringement. In Taiwan, Trademark infringement can lead to...
You can easily find a whole bunch of inspiring stories about entrepreneurs. Someone starts their company in the garage, the basement of parent’s house, or a coffee shop and now they shape the world we live in today. In this post, we will tell you a famous...