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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The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has published the number of patent and trademark applications filed in 2023. The TIPO received 72,607 patent applications including invention, utility model, and design, which slightly increased by 0.76%, (more…)

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The Taiwan Trademark Act were partly amended and published on May 24, 2023, and these amended provisions will come into effect after the Executive Yuan sets the implementation date.  In line with the amended Trademark Act, the Taiwan (more…)

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The scope of today’s 5G mobile communication technology application is no longer limited to smartphones. The functions of automobile vehicle display panels have become more intelligent, such as manual operation buttons that have become voice (more…)

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To promote the government’s policy for startup industries, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) began a pilot program in 2021 for conducting positive examination on patent applications filed by startup companies that were (more…)

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In order to implement border protection measures stipulated by the Trademark Act, customs administration under the Ministry of Finance has enacted “Regulations governing Customs measures in protecting rights and interests of trademark.” (more…)

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The intellectual property system encourages innovation, research and development, but with the rapid development of high technology, global warming is becoming more extreme. In Taiwan, semiconductors are an important technology industry (more…)

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