Based on statistics reports from the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, there was a modest increase in both patent and trademark applications of 2019. In total, 74,652 patent applications were filed, representing an overall increase of 1.67%. Among three types of (more…)

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has released 2019 statistical data of top 100 domestic and foreign applicants who filed the most patent applications in Taiwan. These top ranked applicants are generally the same applicants entering the top 100 list of (more…)

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Taiwan’s Trade Secret Act was established in January of 1996. After its amendment in 2013 to adopt criminal penalties, Legislative Yuan (Parliament) recently passed a partial amendment to this Act on December 31, 2019, and the revised Trade Secret Act was then

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) started the electronic filing service for patent and trademark application on August 26, 2008. The earlier e-filing system was not commonly used by applicants due to its special editor software that was different from Microsoft (more…)

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