The prevailing Taiwan Trademark Act was amended on June 29, 2011 and implemented on July 1, 2011. To meet the changes of international trends and local examination requirements, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) began the discussions with experts (more…)

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The existing patent system in Hong Kong includes standard patent and short-term patent. Regarding the standard patent application, it is based on registration of a granted patent by “designated patent office” in China, United Kingdom, and Europe (in respect of a patent (more…)

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China’s Trademark Law was originally enacted in 1982, and amended twice in 1993 and 2001, respectively. The third amendment was in 2013, launching in 2014. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (PRC) approved amendments on April 23, (more…)

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Taiwan and Japan held meeting in Tokyo recently to discuss bilateral cooperation on several issues including patent sharing information, environmental protection and organic products. On October 30, 2019, memorandums including Patent Prosecution Highway (more…)

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The Taiwan Patent Act Amendment was approved and published in May 2019. The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) then announced the enforcement date of revised Taiwan Patent Act to be November 1, 2019. The Enforcement Rules of Patent Act, Examination Guidelines, (more…)

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) announced and implemented “Examination Principles for Trademarks which include the Cross Device” on July 30, 2019. Since a trademark with cross-like element or device may imply different meanings and cause (more…)

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The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has recently announced a new measure regarding priority claim for design patent application. When an applicant files a Taiwan design patent application claiming the priority of its basic foreign application, the approval (more…)

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In Taiwan, a foreign applicant can use a foreign-language specification to file a patent application, regardless a basic priority is to be claimed or said applicant is the same applicant of the priority case. The Chinese translation of a foreign-language specification (more…)

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