July 2019

Trademark

When a trademark owner uses a registered trademark by changing its device, the registered trademark should be deemed used only if this is sufficient to cause the consumers to perceive that such changed trademark is the same as the original registered trademark according to general social constructs (Taiwan)

July 2019

If a lessor indicates upon execution of the leasing agreement that there will be no renewal of the lease or a separate agreement shall be executed to renew the lease, still this is an expression of the lessor's intent not to renew the lease and should be effective in preventing the renewal of the lease (Taiwan)

July 2019

When the presiding judge has presented evidence in the court files by category to the parties so that the parties and their defenders may state their opinions, if the defendant's and the defender's right of defense are not affected, this is still a legally appropriate exercise of the presiding judge's authority to guide litigation and cannot be accused of illegality for being viewed generally as packaged evidence presentation (Taiwan)