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Winkler Partners was founded in 2002 as the first law firm to operate as a partnership between Taiwanese and foreign attorneys. We offer clients a full range of legal services spanning intellectual property, data protection, dispute resolution, employment and corporate law. We also provide clients with unmatched legal translation services and IP prosecution services. Find out more about the services we offer and how we can help.
Since the beginning, we’ve strived to provide clear, creative, solutions-oriented service for clients at home and abroad. Many of our clients find our work particularly helpful in matters that have a transnational aspect, with our firm bringing together Taiwanese and international expertise at all levels, from the partners to the support staff. Currently, we have lawyers admitted in Taiwan, California, New York, the District of Columbia and Hong Kong. Five countries are represented and five languages are spoken across our legal and support staff. We have been awarded Employer of Choice several years running by Asian Legal Business Magazine and have been featured in their Diversity List for 2016 and 2017. Meet the team.
In an increasingly globalized world, we recognize the importance of networks, which is why we are a member of Interlaw, a community of independent law firms. By leveraging Interlaw’s reach in over 150 cities worldwide, we have the capability and resources to quickly mobilize lawyers globally to support even the most complex client projects. Learn more about Interlaw.
We also recognize that our colleagues and the community within which we operate are essential to our commitment to our clients and our long-term viability. We aim to:
Known for breaking the mold, we were also the first law firm in Asia to become a certified B Corporation, strengthening our commitment to our community and the environment. Learn more about our Community initiatives here.
Founded in 2002
200 people in their team
The first step to protect your brand in Taiwan is to register it. We handle the trademark portfolios for some of the world’s most recognized brands, and advise on all aspects of intellectual property strategy, from trade secrets and trademarks to patents and copyright. Clients find our close working relationship with the IP Police, Customs and other agencies provides effective enforcement against infringement, and if it gets to that point, we have litigated cases all the way to the Supreme Court.
Our intellectual property work covers trademark, copyright, patent, trade secrets and IP prosecution on behalf of some of the world’s most prominent companies. Our clients include over thirty of Interbrand’s 100 Top Global Brands, and operate in the luxury goods, pharmaceutical, entertainment, software, semiconductor, snack foods, sporting goods, clothing, and alcoholic beverage and Internet markets.
We provide comprehensive enforcement and infringement support, working with Customs, filing takedown notices and raids in coordination with the IP Police. Our firm routinely handles patent proceedings from patent filing and prosecution of patent applications, searches, watches and invalidation actions to post-grant amendments of claims and patent assignments.
Our IP practice has been recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, World Trademark Review (top tier, trademark enforcement and litigation), World IP Review and others.
Sometimes things go south. We have extensive experience helping clients solve disputes involving intellectual property infringement, contractual disputes, employment disputes and many others. We have also been asked to enforce foreign judgements. Clients find our flexible but no-nonsense approach to resolving problems particularly refreshing.
We represent some of the world’s most prominent companies in civil, criminal and arbitration matters in Taiwan. Our clients in this practice area span a variety of markets, including luxury goods, pharmaceutical, technology, entertainment, software, semiconductor, snack foods, sporting goods, clothing, alcoholic beverage, and the Internet.
Winkler Partners is particularly strong in the areas of intellectual property enforcement and disputes concerning commercial contracts, collections, insurance, and terminations with a cross-border aspect often involving multi-jurisdictional issues.
We also assist clients in the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Taiwan. Such assistance includes advice on judicial assistance and letters rotatory.
Winkler Partners regularly assists clients establish or expand their Taiwan market presence through the establishment of Taiwan subsidiaries, branches, and joint ventures and the purchase of existing Taiwan businesses and assets. We also assist with spin-offs, divestures, and liquidations as the needs of the Taiwan business change.
Our core transactional team handles (i) pre-merger filings and unfair competition concerns, (ii) due diligence efforts (including anti-corruption related inquiries), and (iii) general transaction structuring and execution. Our colleagues practicing in the areas of data protection, dispute resolution, employment, and intellectual property provide invaluable support in their respective areas of expertise.
Winkler Partners also provides counsel on general commercial matters involving Taiwan counterparties. As a full-service firm, we support clients’ ongoing Taiwan businesses in the areas of corporate governance, data protection, employment, intellectual property, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and Taiwan tax management.
