ALIPO IP ATTORNEYS

Legal Context：Taiwan Patent Article 124（1）：「A design patent shall not be granted in respect of the shape of an article solely dictated by its function」...

Regarding patent applications during the third quarter of 2016, the total amount of patent applications in Taiwan including three types of patent reach 18,121 and have increased by 0.34% compared to the same period of last year...

After four months examination, the Ministry of Economic Affairs Intellectual Property Office has selected 44 outstanding patents from 474 selected cases. Among them, many patents are jointly developed by industry, academy and research institute...

Taiwan Code of Civil Procedure article 496(11)：「Except where the party has filed an appeal to assert the ground for a review or has failed to assert such ground known to him/her, a rehearing action may be initiated to request a review...

2016 Taiwan-EU seminar on trade secrets is held on September 21 by TIPO, EETO, and EBRC. Several European organization officials, including DG Trade Policy Officer Jorg Weberndorfer of the European Commission, Head Prosecutor Jan Østergarrd from...

Since April, 2016, the Document and Information Management Department of Trademark Office of PRC promotes several self-consciousness for varying and enhancing the working attitude and efficiency, aiming at promoting trademark registration reformation...

For standardizing the business practicing of patent attorneys, establishing a better patent agency practicing environment, protecting the right of creativity entity, and increasing the quality of patent right application management...

A patent owner files a patent application “Automatic Switcher” to TIPO, which is approved after examination. An invalidation requester files an invalidation application with foreign text evidence which is a Japanese patent application publication...

In the first half of the year 2016, the total number of all three types of patent applications is 34,494, lower by 2.55% compared to the amount of the first half of 2015. The trademark application number is 38,267, higher by 1.50%.

The priority document of a patent application is used for confirming the disclosure of the patent application on the filing date. Therefore, the contents of the priority document shall be referred to the specification, abstract, claims, and...