According to current patent law, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) can organize interviews for patent applications (of invention and design; not applicable for utility patents) or patent invalidation (of invention, utility model or design) by request of the (more…)

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Due to global warming and environmental concerns, renewable energy technology has emerged not only to meet the need for the environmental sustainability but could also create economic opportunities these days. In the past decade, Taiwan government already (more…)

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In Taiwan, an applicant can file a patent application within a grace period of disclosure under certain conditions which would not be considered as prior art when examining the novelty or inventive step requirements. The government has now relaxed these conditions (more…)

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Recently there have been some disputes over the trademark registration of “blue tear” in Taiwan. The “blue tear (blue tears)” or “藍眼淚” in Chinese refers to a natural phenomenon of blue sparkling at the coastline of sea. It is caused by the bio-luminescent algae which (more…)

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2016 STATISTICS ON TOP 100 DOMESTIC PATENT APPLICANTS IN TAIWAN (more…)

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2016 STATISTICS ON TOP 100 FOREIGN PATENT APPLICANTS IN TAIWAN (more…)

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According to the latest patent and trademark statistics released by Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), there were 72,442 patent applications and 79,300 trademark applications filed in 2016. The total number of patent filings in 2016 is still lower than those (more…)

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In order to meet the international trends and join TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) protocol, Taiwan government has made great efforts including amendments on the prevailing Patent Act. Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) therefore proposed draft for amendments (more…)

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