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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...
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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...
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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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TIPO Publishes the 2024 Compilation of Selected Court Rulings on Trade Secret Cases(International & Legal Affairs Office)To help the public and private sectors stay updated on judicial practices regarding trade secrets in Taiwan, TIPO has compiled the 2024 Compilation of Selected Court Rulings on Trade Secret Cases (Man...
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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...
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TIPO Publishes English Version of Patent Examination Guidelines, Part II, Chapter 9 & Chapter 10(International & Legal Affairs Office)TIPO has released the English version of the “Patent Examination Guidelines, Part II: Substantive Examination for Invention Patents, Chapter 9 Post-Grant Amendment, Chapter 10 Division and Conversion....
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New Animated Video Released: Understanding Patents – An Introduction(International & Legal Affairs Office)To help the public better understand the patent system, TIPO has launched a brand-new animated video titled Understanding Patents – An Introduction, created using AI technology. The video offers a cle...
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TIPO Publishes 2024 Compilation of Selected Court Rulings on Trade Secret Cases(International & Legal Affairs Office)To help stakeholders stay informed about judicial practices related to trade secrets in Taiwan, TIPO has compiled 27 noteworthy trade secret rulings issued by courts at all levels in 2024. The decisio...
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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...
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TIPO Supports Research Institutes in Safeguarding R&D Results with Upgraded Trade Secret Management(International & Legal Affairs Office)To further assist academic and research institutions in strengthening their trade secret protection systems, TIPO hosted two sessions of the Workshops for Managing Trade Secrets with Academic and Rese...
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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...