TIPO has Compiled the “Patent IPC and Standard Industrial Classification Concordance Table and Statistical Application Analysis Report” for Public Reference
TIPO has referenced established international patent-and-industry concordance tables and government statistics to construct a “Patent IPC and Standard Industrial Classification Concordance Table.” By following the table, TIPO has completed Taiwan's first ever industry-scale analysis of patent trends. Also, TIPO has determined Taiwan's IP-intensive industries for the first time as well according to international definitions and government statistics.
Starting from August 1, 2022, TIPO Will Implement WIPO Standard ST.26 for Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listings Disclosed for Invention Patent Applications
WIPO has announced that the WIPO Standard ST.26 applies to international applications with nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence listing filed on or after July 1, 2022.
Taiwan Signs MoU with India to Bolster IPR Cooperation
The Taiwan-India MoU on Intellectual Property Rights was signed by Representative Baushuan Ger of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India and Director General Gourangalal Das of the Indian Taipei Association at the High Level India Taiwan Business Roundtable on May 18, 2022. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Vice Minister Chuan-Neng Lin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Director General Shu-Min Hong of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office. The exchange of diplomatic instruments was subsequently completed on June 6, opening a new chapter of cooperation between Taiwan and India in the field of IPR.
Chinese and English “Briefs of Classic Trademark Cases in Recent Years” Now Available
To assist domestic and foreign market participants and people from different sectors in further understanding the latest development of trademark-related laws and judicial opinions, TIPO has selected classic judgements made by Intellectual Property and Commercial Court in the past 5 years to accomplish 7 case briefs and their English translations. The content of these case briefs contains many important issues in the field of trademark, including how to determine the scope of goods in connection with which the trademark has been put to genuine use, the territorial limitation on genuine use of the trademark, the determination of likelihood of confusion between trademarks with low degree of similarity, whether the protective scope varies among well-known trademarks due to different levels of fame, the determination of the parody defense related to trademark infringement, keyword advertising and the determination of trademark infringement, the application of the defense of trademark exhaustion, etc., and it is believed that these case briefs can be very beneficial for those interested to have more complete understanding of trademark-related laws and practices in Taiwan.
Remote Patent Application Interviews Available March 1, 2022
An effective interview can expedite the patent examination process. However, applicants may not always be available to be interviewed at TIPO in person or join video interviews at TIPO service centers. The Ministry of Economic Affairs has thus amended the sixth point of the "Operation Directions of TIPO, MOEA for Patent Interviews" and implemented the new measure of Remote Video Interviews for Patent Applications on March 1, 2022.
