Unlike some of the major IP countries, a design is protected in Taiwan under Patent Act after substantive examination. More specifically, if a design patent application has met formality requirements upon filing, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) will (more…)

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The prevailing Taiwan Patent Act was comprehensively amended and enforced on January 1, 2013, followed by minor amendments in June 2013, 2014 and 2017. To meet the international trends, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) previously conducted a (more…)

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The patent term for protection of an invention patent in Taiwan is 20 years from the filing date of its patent application. However, the duration of a pharmaceutical or agrochemical patent may often be reduced, since a regulatory approval must be obtained before (more…)

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In Taiwan, any person can request an invalidation against a granted patent so that the patent right will be revoked if a decision is confirmed. The patent invalidation examination by Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) was mainly based on paper documents as (more…)

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has published the rankings of applicants who filed the most patent applications in 2017. According to the lists of top 100 domestic and foreign patent applicants, most are enterprises or corporate applicants with increased patent (more…)

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has released the statistics of patent and trademark applications for the year of 2017. The total number of patent filings is 73,791, and has increased 1.86% since 2016, mainly due to the growth of invention patent filings, while the (more…)

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Recently, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) signed an agreement of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) with Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) to begin a pilot program of PPH on February 1, 2018 for three years. This program will be (more…)

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Accelerated Examination Program (AEP) in Taiwan was started in 2009 for a pilot trial to expedite the examination of invention patent applications. Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) formally implemented the program in 2010 and 2014 to broaden the (more…)

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