- 英文摘要
- The legislative intent of Article 36 of the Taiwan Trademark Act
(hereafter, this Act) attempts to limit the rights of trademark, certification
mark, collective membership mark, and collective trademark to (a) protect
the interests of consumers, (b) maintain fair competition, and (c) promote
development of industry and commerce. In particular, regulations
concerning the bona fide use of trademark ruled in Clause 3, Section 1,
Article 36 of this Act (hereafter, this Clause) try to balance the advantages
and disadvantages of the principles of first to use and first to file to limit
trademark registers’ rights, the use of which is restricted to original goods or
services. The proprietor of a registered trademark is entitled to request the
party who uses the same trademark to add an appropriate and distinguishing
indication. Take the case of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court’s
(hereafter, IP court) 2013 Min-Shang-Shang-Zi-22 as an example, the
appellee argued that the appellant established four branches in the same
business areas using identical “Speedy Clean” logos for car detailing
businesses, and thus the appellants’ actions cannot be supported by the bona
fide use of the trademark. However, the IP court argued that scales or
geographic areas are not included in the limitations of the original goods or
services in this Clause. Therefore, the establishments of branches by the
appellants are supported by the bona fide use of trademark. This article
analyzes this case and integrates perspectives of theories and practices in
both Taiwan and the U.S. to clarify whether scales or geographic areas
added are within the scope of bona fide trademark use limitations.
- 目次
- 壹、前言
貳、智慧財產法院 102 年度民商上字第22 號民事判決
一、案例事實
二、裁判要旨
三、本案評析
參、商標善意先使用之分析
一、商標善意先使用立法之必要性
二、原產銷規模是否屬於商標善意先使用之限制？
三、小結
肆、商標善意先使用理論和實務之解析
一、我國針對商標善意先使用之理論與實務
二、美國對於商標善意先使用之理論與實務
三、小結
伍、結論
