Starting January 1, 2010, TIPO began accepting requests for the Accelerated Examination Program (AEP), revised from its earlier pilot version launched January 1, 2009, to allow for more flexibility in the program while taking into account applicants’
ALIPO Honored in Top 10 Offices Practicing Trademark E-Filing in Dec., 2020 by TIPO
ALIPO Honored in Top 10 Offices Practicing Trademark E-Filing in Aug., 2020 by TIPO.
(1)Normal PPH: It is a framework to enable an application, whose claims have been determined to be allowable/patentable in the Office of First Filing (OFF), to have the corresponding application filed in the Office of Second Filing (OSF) advanced out of
In the first half of 2020, TIPO received a total of 33,954 applications for invention, utility model, and design patents, marking a 4% decrease over the same period last year. On the other hand, the number of trademark registration...
ALIPO Honored in Top 20 Offices Practicing Trademark E-Filing in May., 2020 by TIPO
A phenomenon of bioluminescence of marine microorganisms in Matsu is called “Blue Tear”, which has become a local tourist attraction.
In Taiwan, patent applicants often receive an official action made by the examiner against an invention patent for lacking the non-obviousness of patentability. Even though relative regulations and brief enumerations are provided in Taiwan Patent...
Regarding patent applications during the first half of 2017, the total amount of patent applications in Taiwan including three types of patent reaches 35,566, with 21,913 invention patent applications, 9,694 utility model applications...
Recently, the legislature passed amendments related to grace period in the Patent Act; that are, extending the grace period from six months to twelve months and deleting the obligation to the claim grace period while filing.