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Claim Construction of Means-plus-function Claim, Based on the Judgments of the Taiwan Intellectual P...
07 September 2015Claim construction is always an important issue either for an invalidation action or an infringement assessment. In particular, the issue would be more complicated and disputable when the claim is written in means-plus-function or step-plus-function...

The Mizuno Trademark Case: The Plight of the Runbird
13 March 2015Despite an opposition filed by Mizuno Corporation, the Office of the Director General (ODG) of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) allowed the registration of the applicant’s mark, Erke and Device. Mizuno is a Japanese firm e...