Enforcement Rules of the Trademark Act Article 34

The prescribed period within which an applicant may submit his/her opinion on the intended refusal referred to in Subparagraph 2 of Article 31 of the Act shall, when the domicile or business establishment of the applicant is in the territory of the ROC, be one month, or, when those conditions are not fulfilled, two months.The applicant may request to extend the period referred to in the preceding paragraph by submitting a written statement clarifying the reason. The extension of such period may, when the domicile or business establishment of the applicant is in the territory of the ROC, be granted for one month, or, when those conditions are not fulfilled, two months.Where the applicant requests for further extension of the period referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Registrar Office may, when it is appropriate according to the deficiencies to be remedied, the reason for further extension and the proof thereof, grant further extension of such period. A groundless request for further extension shall be inadmissible.