Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) began the hearing program for patent invalidation cases on March 31, 2018, and subsequently amended the program in 2019 and 2021. To further improve the hearing system, TIPO recently amended again (more…)

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The following tables are made based on 2023 official data published by Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO). (more…)

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The following tables are based on 2023 official data published by Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO). (more…)

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Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) began the hearing system for trademark dispute cases in 2015, and subsequently amended the same in 2012 and 2019. To further improve the hearing system, TIPO recently amended again the hearing system (more…)

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Taiwan Trademark Act was revised and promulgated on May 24, 2023, including the introduction of an accelerated examination mechanism. The revised Trademark Act becomes effective on May 1, 2024, and the revised Enforcement Rules of the Trademark (more…)

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The Executive Yuan (the Cabinet) of Taiwan has announced that the revised Trademark Act (promulgated on May 24, 2023) becomes effective on May 1, 2024. To comply with the revised Trademark Act, the Enforcement Rules of Trademark Act and the Trademark (more…)

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Artificial intelligence inventions have become one of the emerging important patent issues. Per WIPO 2019 report, the number of AI-related patent disclosures increased significantly from 2012 to 2017 which reached more than fifty thousand cases. (more…)

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The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has published a list of Top 100 Applicants of companies that have filed the most patent applications in 2023.  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the top domestic applicant (more…)

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