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TIPO Announces Taiwan-Japan Concordance Tables for Nice Classification of Goods and Services (13th Edition, Version 2026)(International & Legal Affairs Office)Following the revisions to the Nice Classification (13th Edition, Version 2026) by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), TIPO has updated the "Taiwan-Japan Concordance Tables for Nice C... - 2
Coordinated Counseling for Leveraging Trademark Knowledge to Strengthen the Enterprises’ Capabilities in Trademark Registration and Brand Strategy(International & Legal Affairs Office)To help enterprises establish sound concepts for trademark application and registration, enhance their capabilities of trademark use and brand protection, and promote trademark basics across Taiwan’s ... - 3
TIPO Statistics Report: Patent and Trademark Applications in 2025(International & Legal Affairs Office)In 2025, TIPO received a total of 71,965 patent applications, representing a 1% decrease from the previous year. Among them, invention patent applications (51,230) increased by 1%, while utility model... - 4
TIPO’s Certificate Search System Offers Official Case-specific QR Codes to Facilitate Verification and Deter Infringement(International & Legal Affairs Office)To enhance the accessibility and market credibility of patent and trademark certificates, TIPO has optimized its "Certificate Search System" as of January 2026. The system now generates case-specific ... - 5
TIPO Announces Amendments to the Guidelines and Illustrative Examples for Counting Goods and Specific Retail Services(International & Legal Affairs Office)To keep pace with emerging commercial trends—particularly the rise of digital goods verified by non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and virtual products in the metaverse—TIPO has amended the Guidelines and Ill... - 6
TIPO–ILPO Sign Two MoUs on PPH and IP Cooperation, Strengthening Bilateral Collaboration and Exchanges in Intellectual Property(International & Legal Affairs Office)Under the witness of MOEA Deputy Minister Ms. Cynthia Kiang, Israel Trade Commissioner and Director of the Foreign Trade Administration Mr. Roey Fisher, TIPO Director General Liao Cheng-wei, and Execu... - 7
TIPO’s Q3 2025 IPR Statistics Report(International & Legal Affairs Office)I. Overall Trends in Patent and Trademark Applications In the third quarter of 2025, TIPO received a total of 17,991 patent applications, comprising 12,695 invention patents, 3,608 utility model paten... - 8
TIPO Revises Examination Guidelines for Non-Traditional Trademarks; Effective August 1, 2025(International & Legal Affairs Office)To align with the amendments to Article 30, Paragraph 4 of the Trademark Act and Articles 12(10) and 13(2) of the Enforcement Rules of the Trademark Act, which took effect on May 1, 2024, TIPO has rev...
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TIPO Releases the Analysis of Taiwan's Green Trademarks Industry – 2025 Report(International & Legal Affairs Office)To continue tracking the development of Taiwan’s green trademarks sector, TIPO has released the 2025 edition of its report The Analysis of Taiwan’s Green Trademarks Industry. Building on the comparati... - 10
TIPO Launches New Bilingual Website and Thematic Portals(International & Legal Affairs Office)In 2025, TIPO adopted new technologies and web design trends to launch an upgraded bilingual (Chinese-English) global website, along with revamped thematic portals for patents, trademarks, and copyrig... - 11
TIPO’s Q2 2025 IPR Statistics Report(International & Legal Affairs Office)In the second quarter of 2025, TIPO received a total of 17,349 patent applications across all three patent types, a 2% decrease compared with the same quarter in 2024 (Figure 1). Invention patents sho... - 12
Updates to the Classification and Cross Reference Index of Goods and Services for the Purpose of the Registration of Trademarks(International & Legal Affairs Office)To better align goods and services classification with current market practices, TIPO has reviewed and updated the designated goods and services names used in trademark applications. A total of 9 item...
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