1. According to the Taiwan Patent Act implemented between January 2011 and October 2019, if there are two or more inventions for an invention patent application, a divisional patent application could be filed by the applicant or upon (more…)

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The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has set a time schedule for processing various trademark matters. The standard processing time for major filing matters are listed as follows.

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The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) recently updated the time schedule for processing various patent matters on May 19, 2020. The standard processing time for invention, utility model and design patent applications are listed as follows.

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Within the fast track patent examination system in Taiwan, there are Accelerated Examination Program (AEP) and Patent Prosecution Highway program (PPH) for invention patent applications. According to 2019 statistics from the Taiwan Intellectual Propertys (more…)

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The coronavirus disease COVID-19 has caused a global crisis, with more than three million people infected and over two hundred thousand deaths in nearly 200 countries. At the early stage of the outbreak, Taiwan started preventive measures such as wearing masks in (more…)

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According to the memorandum signed between Taiwan and Japan in October 2019, the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program on a permanent basis is set to be implemented on May 1, 2020.

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According to Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), there were 86,794 new filings for trademark registration in 2019. Among them were 71% filed by domestic applicants and 29% filed by foreign applicants. The average time for rendering a decision was 6.7 months, (more…)

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) announced that a request for reinstatement may be filed if a patent or trademark applicant delays or fails to comply with a statutory time limit due to the reasons related to COVID-19. In principle, the request will be determined on (more…)

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