In response to recent cases regarding the delays of priority documents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) announced on August 26, 2025 that a request for reinstatement (more…)

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In Taiwan, an application for trademark registration adopts the first-to-file principle, and does not require prior use before the trademark is allowed for registration. However, after a trademark has been registered and obtained the trademark right (more…)

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Trademark data from 2024 published by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) are compiled into the following tables. (more…)

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Patent data from 2024 published by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) are compiled into the following tables. (more…)

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According to the top 100 Taiwan patent applicants for 2024 announced by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been the top domestic applicant for nine consecutive years. (more…)

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The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) recently published the number of Taiwan patent and trademark applications filed in 2024. TIPO received a total number of 72,742 patent applications including invention, utility model and design, and the numbers (more…)

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The “Positive Patent Examination Pilot Program for Startups” for Taiwan invention patent applications was implemented from 2021 to 2024. Recently the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office decided to renew the program and extend the program for another (more…)

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Under the Taiwan design patent system, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) will automatically conduct substantive examination of design applications. To facilitate the Applicant’s patent layout, TIPO began to process requests for deferred (more…)

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