The 12 member countries of TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) have signed the TPP agreement on February 4th, 2016. If all the member countries finish the approval procedure and make the notification to the TPP agreement keeping institution (New Zealand...
The to-be-issued trademark registration certificates accumulated have been issued recently. In April this year, media made reports about the trademark registration certificate issuance being delayed. State Administration for Industry and Commerce...
A person substantially contributes to partial claims of a utility model in Taiwan shall be considered as a joint creator, instead of the creator of the utility model patent.
For providing a more convenient trademark registration service and encouraging innovation, Trademark Office sets up seven service measures.
The State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China announces on April 7th that certificates for all the approved trademark registration are to be issued before the end of May. Due to the lack of the specific paper...
TIPO published an updated version of similar goods and services comparison table, which is established in accordance with the 2016 Nice Classification (NCL), tenth edition. Cross-Strait groupings of similar goods and services are amended for...
A joint inventor should substantially contribute to the any of claims of an invention. As for a composition invention, an inventor shall substantially contribute to the specific structure or the preparing method of the composition. One who merely...
A total of 73,627 patent applications are filed to TIPO in 2015, which is lower than the number of last year by 5.6 %. With regard to invention patent, 44,415 applications are filed, which keeps lowering for 3 years in a row, mainly in the number filed...
After the electronic exchange of priority documents (PDX) between Taiwan and Japan is conducted, Taiwan signed and MOU on PDX program with Korea on June 15, 2015. The PDX program between Taiwan and Korea is activated on January 1, 2016, representing...
Based on the announcement of SIPO representative, a total of 35,884 patent administrative law enforcement cases are handled by the IPR system in 2015, up by 46.4% from 2014, indicating a consecutive growth for 5 years in a row.