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On November 8, 2024, the grand opening ceremony of Louis & Partner HCM was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Saigon. This event marks a new milestone for Louis Group, following the establishment of the Bangkok, Thailand law firm in 2019 and the Hanoi, Vietnam law frim in 2022. The new office in Ho Chi Minh City underscores the firm’s commitment to the development potential of the Southeast Asian market and adherence to Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy. The new firm aims to provide local clients in Ho Chi Minh City with direct and professional legal services. The opening ceremony attracted a wide range of distinguished guests, including representatives from the Taiwanese office in Vietnam, local Vietnamese officials, and guests from Taiwan and Thailand, all gathering to witness this historic moment.…

Entrepreneur and Dreamer in the Legal World: Raymond Yu’s Southeast Asian Voyage Caption – Raymond Yu consolidates Far East Law Firm as a new firm Louis & Charles attorneys at law, while leading the Louis Group in executing the Southeast Asia development plan.   Raymond Yu (YU PO CHANG) is a true serial entrepreneur and dreamer in the legal field of Taiwan. Since 2018, he has not only focused on expanding the legal business in Taiwan but also brought his grand vision into the Southeast Asian market, venturing into areas where Taiwanese lawyers had never stepped before. Unlike most lawyers who concentrate on the domestic market, Raymond continues to navigate the challenges of crossing borders, cultures, and languages, successfully establishing a legal service network in Southeast Asia.   Entrepreneurial Spirit…

Louis Group, a global consultancy firm, aims to cultivate elite international lawyers by promoting talent exchange and case collaboration among its offices in Taipei, Taichung, Tokyo, Bangkok, and Hanoi. The initiative helps lawyers broaden their international perspective, strengthen their capabilities, and enhance their language skills. By implementing remote working, local exchanges, collaborative case handling, and shared experiences, the lawyers will be able to integrate cross-border, cross-fields, cross-language, and cross-cultural factors into their future case experiences. Louis group’s CEO, Attorney Raymond Yu, emphasizes that in addition to meticulous talent recruitment and deployment, a systematic approach to relocating talent among various offices is essential. By allowing partners to deeply immerse themselves in local environments and tackle complex international legal cases, a top-notch international business lawyer team can be created. In January 2023,…

Raymond Yu, Managing Partner & Jakkongthamm Akul Pathika, Attorney at Law In recent years, more and more Taiwanese have been imprisoned in Thailand because of their involvement in criminal cases. Many defendants’ family have no clue when they try to visit the defendant or the suspect. Relevant information is hard to obtain due to the language and cultural differences. On the other hand, English-speaking Thai lawyers who are experienced with foreign affairs seldom take criminal cases, causing many defendants’ family to have problem finding a lawyer in Thailand. Even Some fall for scams when finding some lawyers claimed to be legitimate but they are actually not. Therefore, through the case sharing, Raymond hopes the defendants’ family can get a better understanding of how to interview and correspond with defendants under…

■ Authority： Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks， CGPDM ■ System：Madrid Protocol ■ Classification：The Nice Classification ■ Introduction：The Statement of Use is the most unique pattern in the Indian trademark practice compare to Taiwan. A Trademark use is the fundamental concept in trademark law, therefore a register mark needs to use, and a continuous 3-year non-use of the mark can be revoked in Taiwan, whereas in India the basic requirement of the registration is use. This first to use concept can be considered as a great remedy for Bad Faith Registration of the mark. Even a register trademark can be cancelled by the prior user with a valid evidence that can prove the mark was used by the prior user earlier than the registered trademark. It is…

2020/05/11 Raymond Yu [caption id="attachment_1524" align="alignnone" width="300"] 專利律師指南：如何切入「專利申請、專利行政訴訟」等市場？[/caption] The author's career has ranged from a military weapons researcher, a patent engineer to a lawyer, specialized in patent specification drafting, patent specification translation, patent office action replying, invalidation action filing, patent licensing, patent infringement/non-infringement legal opinions providing, patent litigation, international patent litigation representing etc., with more than 15 Years of practice work experience and knowledge of the patent ecology, the author hopes that through this article lawyers who want to engage in the field of patent or those who are already engaged in the field of patent could have more idea in business development. How can lawyers enter the market of "patent prosecution"? Patent prosecution is a labor-intensive business, and the firm must hire professionals/patent engineers in various fields in order…

2020/02/13 Following the last interview with STARTBOARD, the Louis Group is honored to have the second visit from Industry, Science and Technology International Strategy Center (ISTI) of Industrial Technology Research Institute. Louis & Partners is a branch office of the Louis Group in Bangkok, Thailand, which is the first Chinese legal advisory firm from Taiwan established in Thailand. It has four Thai lawyers who are fluent in Chinese. Louis & Partners provides complete one-stop solutions for Taiwanese businessmen, officially starting service from May 2019. The following is partial contents of the interview with attorney Raymond Yu: The origin of Louis & Partners Attorney Raymond Yu said that Taiwan is currently the fourth largest investor in Thailand and countless Taiwanese travel to Thailand every year. However, once a dispute or an…

Raymond Yu, the partner lawyer of Louis Group, who also is the deputy chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Taipei Bar Association, recently visited Thailand Intellectual Property Court with the Chairman of the Taipei Lawyers Association, Xue Qinfeng. Hoping that Taiwan and Thailand can build tight bonds in the field of intellectual property rights and laws. Louis Group hopes to deepen our links with Thai intellectual property law-related units through this visit. We’re looking forward to helping more new southbound enterprises and becoming a powerful backing in IP and law for companies when they intend to move forward to Thailand.