The protection term of a registered trademark in Taiwan is ten years from the publication date of registration, and can be renewed every ten years. The trademark right owner（or an interested party such as the assignee, pledgee）can file a request for renewal of (more…)

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Cancer diseases have been one of the leading causes of human deaths worldwide. For the past 30 years, cancer ranked as the top cause of death in Taiwan. Previously, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office（TIPO）conducted searches and analysis on cancer therapy (more…)

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Taiwan joined World Trade Organization（WTO）in 2002 and has complied with TRIP’s obligations since then. On the other hand, Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations（UN）, and is thus not entitled to be a member state of the World Intellectual Property (more…)

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Nowadays patents in the field of financial technology (FinTech) become more important with the increasing use of mobiles and internet.  Based on G06Q20, G06Q30 and G06Q40 of International Patent Classification (IPC), fintech patent filings in Taiwan can be classified (more…)

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In Taiwan, an applicant must execute the required documents for filing a patent/trademark application or its related matter by signing or affixing a stamp seal the documents. For a domestic juristic applicant, they are required to add a juridical seal on the executed (more…)

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The State Intellectual Property Office （SIPO） of China was formerly known as the China Patent Office in 1980, and officially renamed SIPO in 1998 by the China State Council.  Since then, SIPO was the patent authority for the examination and grant of patent filings and (more…)

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It is expressly stipulated under Article 29 of the prevailing Taiwan Trademark Act that when an applicant files a trademark registration with the inclusion of a non-distinctive part, which could give rise to doubts as to the scope of trademark rights, the applicant should state (more…)

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The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has recently updated the standard time schedule for handling various applications of patent matters. For the past decade, TIPO adopted several measures to improve the efficiency of patent examinations and gained excellent results in (more…)

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