In Taiwan, a third party can file an observation against a pending trademark application. In order to provide such observation system, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), by referring to Article 36 of Administrative Procedure Act which stipulates that the (more…)

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1. There are three types of patents in Taiwan: invention patent, utility model patent and design patent. The patent term is 20 years for an invention patent, 10 years for (more…)

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Taiwan Legislative Yuan (Parliament) passed three readings of Patent Act Amendment on April 16, 2019. The amendment was made on the partial provisions of Patent Act proposed by Taiwan Intellectual Property Office of November 16, 2018 and then approved by (more…)

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has published statistical data for the top 100 domestic and foreign patent applicants in 2018. As shown below, domestic applicants can be divided into three categories: enterprises, schools, and research institutes. Domestic applications in (more…)

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has released the statistics of patent and trademark applications for the year of 2018. The total number of patent applications is 73,421. Among the three patent types, invention patent filings increased 2.83%, utility model filings (more…)

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In order to speed up the examination process of an invention patent application, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has signed bilateral agreements of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program with the foreign patent office of United States, Japan, Spain, Korea, (more…)

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Accelerated Examination Program (AEP) for invention patent application in Taiwan was implemented in 2010. Since then, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has published the quarter and annual AEP statistics every year. The following are AEP statistics for the (more…)

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The prevailing Taiwan Patent Act was revised in 2011 and implemented on January 1, 2013, followed by revisions of partial articles in June 2011, 2014 and 2017, respectively. Due to global economic situation and changes, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) proposed (more…)

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