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Intellectual Property in Taiwan – An Overview |
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Jeffrey Chang, NAIP Editorial |
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Taiwan is among the most active and important countries in the global intellectual property (IP) industry and is an integral market for many global organizations. As a result, here we provide a broad, (but not exhaustive) overview of IP in Taiwan—its history, patent fundamentals, key figures, statistics and more—to help these organizations and inventors understand more about this influential and growing market. |
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TIPO Announces Ex Officio Telephone Notifications for Amendments |
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On 22 June 2010 TIPO launched a new program, "Ex officio Telephone Notifications for Amendments". The program went into effect on 10 June 2010 and is intended to provide applicants with greater flexibility in when amendments to claims or specifications may be filed. Now, if an invention application is in the examination or reexamination stage, an applicant may submit a request to file amendments. Previously amendments could only be made within 15 months of initial filing or only in response to an office action. Further details can be found here (Chinese). |
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2010/6/22 |
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Amendments to Patent Examination Guidelines in Effect |
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After two public hearings and revisions, TIPO has announced the proposed amendments to Chapter One of the Patent Examination Guidelines will go into effect on 22 July 2010. The amendments touch upon procurement of filing date, invention and utility model patent artwork, refund of application fees, and more. The announcement can be found here (Chinese). |
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2010/7/22 |
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Draft Strategic Plan for 2010-2015 Released |
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The USPTO has released their draft strategic plan for the next five years and now seeks comments. The plan maintains themes of improving patent quality and timeliness and involves substantial review and changes to the USPTO’s work procedures and systems.
Other major goals include providing domestic and global leadership to improve IP policy, protection and enforcement worldwide. Download the draft here (English). |
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2010/7/16 |
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Seven Things to Know about the TIPO Accelerated Examination Program |
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Jason Wang, NAIP Patent Engineering Research |
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In January 2009 TIPO introduced its own version of a Patent Prosecution Highway program, called the "Accelerated Examination Program" (AEP) for invention patent applications. After a one year trial period, the program formally entered into force on 1 January 2010. Although TIPO has released an English translation of the announcement, several significant details were not translated. |
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Trademark Act Amended Due to Intel Trademark Infringement Case |
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Anita Li, NAIP Editorial |
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Can companies in Taiwan use the names of brands like "HTC", "Asus", "Acer", "Apple" or "Nokia" in their English company names? The civil trademark infringement case INTEL CORPORATION vs. INTEL-TRANS CO. LTD has drawn much attention and touched off heated debate. |
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The 1 April 2010 Amendments to EPO Divisional Applications |
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Charl Goussard, NAIP Legal Research |
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On 20 August 2009, the EPO announced its decision to amend the rules relating to Divisional Applications. This article attempts to serve as a basic summary, in plain English (where possible), for non-practitioners, of the amendments and various notifications issued by the EPO with regards to the 1 April 2010 amendments to the rules for Divisional Applications. |
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