世界智慧財產組織(WIPO) 於2018年7月5日發佈針對尼斯協定商品及服務國際分類之2019年修訂適用版本，我國經濟部智慧財產局也已於2018年11月28日發佈中英對照商品/服務名稱之列表 供各界參考。
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姓氏商標如何成功取得註冊–以台中林酒店為例
原則上， 姓氏使用於商品或服務，通常只是用以表示業主的姓氏，在競爭同業使用相同的姓氏時，相關消費者即無法藉由姓氏識別來源，且從競爭角度觀之，相同姓氏的競爭同業不論其進入市場的時間先後，均有自由使用自己姓氏的需要，因此申請人以姓氏作為商標，不具識別性， 申請人應證明商標在經其交易使用後已取得後天識別性，始得准予註冊(商 29Ⅱ )。
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The importance of evidence of trademark use
In general, after obtaining the trademark registration, a trademark owner may think he/she has the trademark rights and always omit to collect relevant evidence of use in related to the registered trademark. In practice, a trademark owner must use the registered trademark in correct methods.
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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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106年第3季商標註冊申請案統計
台灣智慧財產局公佈，106年第3季之商標註冊申請案共22,168件，國內外申請案件均較去年同期有所成長。
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Trademark Statistics 3rd Quarter in 2017
TIPO announced a total of 22,168 new trademark applications have been filed for registration in 3rd quarter of 2017. The number of domestic and foreign applications are growing as compared with the same period last year:
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