The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program between Taiwan and Japan will come to an end on April 30, 2020. In view of its excellent performance, both sides agreed that a permanent PPH program will be in place, starting on May 1 this year. The permanent program is aimed at
In Q1 2020, TIPO received a total of 16,680 applications for invention, utility model and design patents, registering a 3% decrease over the same period last year. Of these, design patent applications filed by non-residents saw a 2% growth. Applications for trademark registrations (20,310 cases) were up by 4%; of
To help companies establish thorough mechanisms for protecting trade secrets, previously in 2013, TIPO already published the Guidebook for Trade Secret Protection. Six years have passed since then, and TIPO has gained many more experiences in this field. What’s more, the guide needs a few amendments in order to catch
In 2019, overall patent applications increased by 2% to 74,652 cases. Of these, invention patent has grown for three consecutive years (grew by 2% in 2019). Design patent rose by 9%, while the decrease in utility model patent applications narrowed. On trademark applications, 86,794 cases were filed, the highest since
If patent and trademark applications are delayed due to the impact of the “Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens (COVID-19)” epidemic situation, the statutory period or specific time period shall be handled as follows. I. Statutory time period: 1. Those who apply for reinstatement in accordance with Article 17, Paragraph 2
“Copyright” means the moral rights and economic rights subsisting in a completed work, and Copyright Owner means the person who owns the moral rights and economic rights of such work. Copyrights come into existence as soon as a work is completed, with no special procedures or registration required. Moral rights
The term “works” in the Copyright Act includes works in literature, science, the arts, and other intellectual realms. It includes oral and literary works (such as poems, verses, prose, fictions, plays or scenarios, and lectures), musical works (such as scores and lyrics), dramatic and choreographic works (such as pantomimes, musicals,
Article 10 of the Copyright Act provides, “The author (creator) of a work shall enjoy copyright upon completion of the work.” That is to say, a creator enjoys copyrights as soon as he or she has completed a work. Registration is not required.
Copyrights are divided into moral rights and economic rights. Protection of moral rights is perpetual. Economic rights are for the lifetime of the creator and for 50 years after his or her death. However, economic rights in pseudonymous or anonymous works, works authored by a juristic person (e.g. a company