The trademark at issue was filed for goods of 18-th class such as purses, wallets, umbrellas.

The Taiwanese Intellectual Property Organization (TIPO) rejected the trademark application, which consisted exclusively of graphic elements as it decided such continuous and infinitely extendible pattern can be regarded as the ornamental pattern on the goods rather than a sign identifying the manufacturer.

The IP Court sustained the TIPO decision that the trademark is not distinctive enough.

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With the cost of developing drugs continually rising, squeezing every last penny out of existing drugs has become a key strategy for the pharmaceuticals industry. Life-cycle extension, in which companies try to extend their drugs' period of market exclusivity, has been the most popular strategy to date. However, changes in legislation and, more importantly, increasingly sophisticated generics manufacturers have trained R&D companies to use a broad set of patent life extension techniques a routine procedure in their product life cycle management plans. Manufacturers now have to try even harder to get value for their R&D spend.