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IPR SERVICES
to acquaint examiners with the latest
information on new trademark issues,
commercial activities and goods, as
well as key points for examination.
Discussions in 2014 included topics
on representative trademark cases
around the world, changes in the
NICE International Classification of
Goods and Services, and the prin-
ciples for applying grounds to refusal
of signs without distinctiveness.
In-Service Trainings
TIPO held a 90-hour training course
for senior examiners to deepen their pro-
fessionalism and increase professional
capacity in related fields. Eighteen lec-
turers from the industries, academia,
as well as judges from the IP Court and
senior examiners presented topics on
IPR issues and related laws, IP regimes
and case studies around the world, and
latest international issues and develop-
ments.
In addition, examiners were sent to
Spain, Singapore, and mainland China
to participate in international confer-
ences and exchanges. Upon their re-
turn, these examiners shared their expe-
riences with colleagues. Furthermore,
lecturers from the NPA’s Special Police
Second Headquarters and the IP Court
were invited to lecture on examination
practices to deepen examiners’ knowl-
edge on trademark protection.
Current Examination Manpower
The Trademark Division currently has
50 permanent examiners of all levels
and 31 contracted examiners, totaling
to 81 examiners.
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Copyrights
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Designated One-Stop Shop for
Collecting Joint Royalty Rate of
Public Performances Using Ka-
raoke Machines
In November, the Music Copyright
Society of Chinese Taipei (MÜST) was
designated as the one-stop shop for
collecting the joint royalty rate of Public
Performances using Karaoke machines.
The joint royalty rate for each machine
per year is NT$9,000, which took effect
on January 1, 2015. This will streamline
the licensing procedures, since once
payment is made, users could be com-
pletely licensed for Public Performances
using Karaoke machines.
Enhance the Licensing Mar-
ket Mechanism of Collective
Management Organizations
(CMOs)
The cloud-based network system
containing a database of all CMO-man-
aged works and sound recordings went