1. 2019 statistics on trademark related matters
| Number of cases | |
|---|---|
| New application | 86,794* |
| Domestic applicant | 61,928 |
| Foreign applicant | 24,866 |
| Renewal | 45,524 |
| Licensing | 1,202 |
| Assignment | 10,596 |
| Change | 9,291 |
| Opposition | 664 |
| Invalidation | 192 |
| Revocation | 642 |
| Appeal | 636 |
| Administrative Suit | 152 |
| *Total number of classes: 111,681 | |
2. 2019 statistics on filing non-traditional trademark, certification mark and collective mark
| Number of cases | |
|---|---|
| Three-dimensional trademark | 103 |
| Sound trademark | 2 |
| Color trademark | 4 |
| Hologram trademark | 0 |
| Motion trademark | 1 |
| Other trademark | 18 |
| Certification mark | 40 |
| Collective mark | 53 |
3. Average processing time for 2019 trademark applications
| First Office Action | 5.2 months |
| Disposal | 6.7 months |
4. 2019 Top ten classes on Taiwan trademark applications
| Rank | Class | Number of application | Goods / services |
|---|---|---|---|
| No.1 | 35 | 13,939 | Advertising,retails, business management |
| No.2 | 9 | 8,635 | Computers, electrical or machinery products |
| No.3 | 30 | 7,462 | Food, beverages |
| No.4 | 43 | 7,349 | Catering and its lodging |
| No.5 | 5 | 7,167 | Pharmaceutical products |
| No.6 | 3 | 6,754 | Cosmetics |
| No.7 | 41 | 5,834 | Entertainment, education and its renting and leasing |
| No.8 | 25 | 4,631 | Clothes |
| No.9 | 29 | 4,185 | Milk products, fruits and vegetables |
| No.10 | 42 | 3,952 | Design, research and development |
There are 45 classes of trademarks in which Class 1 to 34 are related to goods and Class 35 to 43 are related to services. As can be seen from above table, 4 out of top 10 classes are trademark applications filed for services, which shows that the recent development of Taiwan is in the service sectors.
5. 2019 Trademark opposition cases
| Sustained | Partly Sustained | Rejected | Others |
|---|---|---|---|
| 439（49%） | 224（25%） | 89（10%） | 145（16%） |
6. 2019 Trademark invalidation cases
| Sustained | Partly Sustained | Rejected | Others |
|---|---|---|---|
| 110（52%） | 43（20%） | 22（11%） | 36（17%） |
7. 2019 Trademark revocation cases
| Sustained | Partly sustained | Rejected | Others |
|---|---|---|---|
| 371（62%） | 32（6%） | 89（15%） | 103（17%） |
8. 2019 Trademark appeal cases (by the Ministry of Economic Affairs)
| Sustained | Partly sustained | Rejected | Others |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16（3.62%） | 8 | 636 | 3 |
9. 2019 Statistics of Trademark Administrative Suit (by Intellectual Property Court)
| Plaintiff Won | Plaintiff Lost | Partly Sustained | Withdrawn | Dismissal Ruling | Settlement | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 96 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 148 |
| Success rate approximately 24.2% | ||||||
10. 2019 Taiwan trademark cases filed by five major foreign counterparts
| China | 6,108 |
| Japan | 4,748 |
| United States | 3,621 |
| Korea | 1,668 |
| Hong Kong | 1,617 |
11. 2019 Trademark cases by Taiwan applicants filed in five largest intellectual property offices (IP5)
| USPTO | 2,004 |
| JPO | 1,058 |
| EUIPO | 718 |
| KIPO | 475 |
| CNIPA | 19,719 |
