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On 22 January 2014, the Gazette of the Office of the President published № 7123, Amendment of Patent Law adds Articles 97-1~97-4; and revisions to Article 143. According to an English language summary on the Legislative Yuan website, The essential points of the Amendments to the Patent Law are:
• To specify that a patentee may apply to the customs to seize the imported goods which possibly infringe his or her patent right (Article 97-1)
• To provide for the circumstances under which the customs shall revoke the seizure (Article 97-2)
• To specify that if a final judgment of the court holds that the detained goods do not infringe patent right, the applicant shall compensate the owner of detained goods for injury incurred through wrongful detention of goods or guarantee bond; and to provide for the circumstances under which the customs shall return the guarantee bond (Article 97-3)
• To specify that the competent authority shall, in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance to enact the regulations governing the related affairs concerning application for seizure stipulated under Articles 97-1 through 97-3 (Article 97-4)
• To deal with the wording. (Article 143)(5 provisions, pp. 22-25).
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