In Taiwan, patents (including inventions, new models, designs) and trademarks are the two most important types of industrial property rights. Also, the laws, practices, and applicants of both patents and trademarks appear to be the same or similar, and (more…)

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According to the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office’s statistical rankings of patent applicants, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) remains the top applicant among all domestic and foreign applicants who filed Taiwan patent applications (more…)

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According to the statistics published by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), a total of 72,613 patent applications and 95,917 trademark applications were filed in 2021. Under the global COVID-19 epidemic for two consecutive years, Taiwan patent and (more…)

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly expanded to various fields in recent years. Although artificial intelligence itself does not have a strict definition, generally it is a form of analysis produced through algorithms, supplemented by powerful computing capability, big data, (more…)

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Taiwan Accelerated Examination Program (AEP) was launched on January 1, 2010 to expedite the examination for an invention patent application. Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) initially provided an AEP request to be filed according to one of three bases. (more…)

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