各國商標異議制度中的冷靜期(cooling-off period)規定

商標制度保護申請人權益,卻也可能損害市場公平競爭,因此世界各國普遍設有異議(Opposition)制度,保障第三人提出反對意見的權利,以「冷靜期(cooling-off period)」措施鼓勵雙方和平、有效率地解決爭議。本文說明歐盟、英國、澳洲的冷靜期及臺灣商標制度中的類似程序。

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Cooling-off period for trademarks

Cooling-off period is a period that both parties can negotiate for a settlement in the opposition stage. In practice, the purpose is to restrict the other party’s designated goods / services covered by the application during the negotiation. However, Taiwan does not have such provisions, but can file a request to postpone the examination of an opposition application based on the ongoing settlement. Herewith we summarized the relevant rules of cooling-off period in EU, UK, and Australia, and similar procedures in Taiwan.

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