Taiwan Trademark Act Enforcement Rules of
Taiwan Trademark Act
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Trademark Application
Chapter 3 Examination and Approval
Chapter 4 Trademark Rights
Chapter 5 Opposition
Chapter 6 Invalidation and Revocation
Chapter 7 Remedies for Right Infringement
Chapter 8 Certification Marks, Collective Membership Marks and Collective Trademarks
Chapter 9 PENALTY
Chapter 10 Supplementary Provisions
Article 1~10
Article 11~ 20
Article 21~30
Article 31~41
Table of Classification of
Goods and Services

Article 21~30

Article 21
In applying for rights assignment arising from a trademark application, the applicant shall submit a request together with the assignment agreement or other documents proving the assignment.

Article 22
In applying for division of trademark application, the applicant shall submit a request together with a duplicate copy of the request and relevant documents for each divided application .
Article 23
In applying for division registration after the approval of the trademark application but prior to the publication of the trademark registration, the applicant shall submit a request specifying the designated goods or services for each application after the division, together with a duplicate copy of the request for each divided application.
The Registrar Office shall not proceed with the division specified in the preceding paragraph until the applicant has paid the registration fee and the trademark registration has been published.
Article 24
In applying for division of trademark rights, the applicant shall submit a request specifying the goods or services designated for each trademark after the division, together a duplicate copy of the request for each divided trademark.
Where division of trademark rights has been approved, the Registrar Office shall issue a trademark registration certificate for each trademark after the division.
Article 25
Where after the approval of a division of trademark rights has been published but an opposition action is filed against the trademark before the division, the Registrar Office shall direct the opposer to re-designate the trademark to be opposed within a set time limit, to submit documents required for the application and to calculate the required government fees based on the applications after the division. If insufficient payment is made, the remaining amount shall be submitted; if any overpayment of the government fees has been made, the opposer may apply for refund of the extra fees by submitting the required documents.
Article 26
Where division of a trademark right is approved before the opposition action has been decided, the Registrar Office shall direct the opposer to make a statement within a set time limit, stating which trademark(s) after the division will be the subject of opposition. Failure to make the statement within the time limit would deem that the opposition action is filed against all of the trademarks after the division.
Article 27
Where, during the proceeding of administrative remedy procedures for a trademark opposition, division of the opposed trademark rights has been approved or the goods or services designated for the opposed trademark have been reduced, the Registrar Office shall notify the authority in charge of the administrative remedies and the opposer of such division or reduction.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis in cases where an applicant applies to divide a trademark application or reduce the items of goods or services designated for a trademark application before the disapproval decision of such application is finalized.
Article 28
The provisions of Rule 25, Rule 26 and paragraph One of Rule 27 shall apply mutatis mutandis to invalidation cases and revocation cases.
Article 29
In applying to record a trademark license, the trademark right holder or a licensee shall submit a request specifying the licensee, the registration number of the trademark to be licensed, the term of license, and the class(es) and names of goods or services to be licensed.
If the license recordation under the preceding paragraph is filed by a licensee, the license agreement or the excerpted license agreement signed or sealed by both parties, or other certificates sufficiently proving the license shall be submitted.
A request for recordation of a trademark sublicense shall enclose documents proving the trademark right holder's consent to the sublicense.
The goods or services covered by the recorded trademark license and the term of license are confined to be within the scope of the trademark rights. If the term of license as agreed exceeds the term of the trademark rights, the last date of the term of license shall fall on the expiration date of the term of the trademark rights. If the term of the trademark rights has been renewed, a request for recordation of the license shall be additionally submitted.
The goods or services covered by the recorded trademark sublicense and the term of sublicense shall not exceed the scope of the goods or services covered by the trademark license and the term of license, respectively.

Article 30

In applying to record an assignment of trademark rights, the applicant shall submit a request together with the assignment agreement or other documents that prove the assignment.

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