DPP eyeing CPTPP legal reforms: sourceBy Lee Hsin-fang and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Executive Yuan is ready to propose amendments to the country’s patent, trademark and copyright laws to compete with China in the race to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a source said yesterday. Officials are considering amendments to the Patent Act that would allow a pharmaceutical company to sue for infringements during the evaluation and approval period for a new drug, the source said. Efforts to amend the law were stalled during the previous legislative session after DPP lawmakers expressed misgivings about the draft amendments, they said. Trademark laws would be changed to make counterfeiting trademarks on packaging material a crime, the source said. The source said that Cabinet officials feel more confident of being able to pass these amendments with Taiwan having applied for CPTPP membership.

Source: Taipei Times September 25, 2021 15:56 UTC