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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... - 2
TIPO Launches New Online Platform on Standard-Essential Patents(International & Legal Affairs Office)With the rapid development of 5G, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, standard-essential patents (SEPs) have become increasingly critical to global industrial competitiveness. To help... - 3
TIPO Releases Patent Landscape Analyses on Drone Power Systems and Silicon Photonics Packaging Materials(International & Legal Affairs Office)TIPO commissioned the Patent Search Center (PSC) to complete two patent landscape studies in 2025—one on drone power systems and another on advanced packaging materials for silicon photonic components... - 4
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... - 5
NEXT IS NOW: Patent-Driven Innovation for a Global Future — TIPO Showcases Startup Achievements to Accelerate Innovation Deployment(International & Legal Affairs Office)The 2025 Meet Taipei Startup Festival ran from November 20 to 22 at the Taipei Yuanshan Expo Dome. To highlight how patents power entrepreneurial growth, TIPO has launched the NEXT IS NOW patent exhib... - 6
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... - 7
TIPO Publishes English Translations of Chapters 9 and 10 from Part II of the Patent Examination Guidelines(International & Legal Affairs Office)To enhance global understanding of Taiwan’s substantive examination practices for invention patents, TIPO has released the English versions of Chapter 9 "Post Grant Amendment" and Chapter 10 "Division... - 8
Applicants May Apply for Reinstatement if USPTO Delays Issuance of Priority Documents(International & Legal Affairs Office)If applicants for patents or trademarks fail to submit priority documents within the statutory time period due to reasons not attributable to them, they may request for reinstatement in accordance wit...
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2025 Taiwan-Japan Intellectual Property Symposium on Patent Infringement Litigation Systems and Practices Draws Wide Participation(International & Legal Affairs Office)The 2025 Taiwan-Japan Intellectual Property Symposium opened on September 5, 2025 (Friday) at the NTU College of Law Tsai Lecture Hall. The event opened with remarks from Mr. Ching-Hung Lin, Deputy Se... - 10
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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Positive Feedback for AEPRe Program Prompts Continued Trial Implementation(International & Legal Affairs Office)TIPO launched the Accelerated Examination Program for Reexamination (AEPRe) on September 1, 2024, to expedite reexamination of invention patent applications. Over the course of its one-year trial peri... - 12
TIPO Hosts Promotional Session for AI-Related Invention Case Compilation(International & Legal Affairs Office)To improve patent quality and refine the examination of AI-related inventions, TIPO has compiled a collection titled AI-Related Invention Cases in Taiwan. On June 20, 2025, TIPO hosted the TIPA 2025 W...
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