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IPR SERVICES
islative amendments in the US and the
EU. Participants at the seminar included
representatives from related agencies,
rights holder groups, and students from
law departments of universities.
Fi rst License for Unknown
Copyright Ownership
TIPO granted the first licensing re-
DG Wang with participants at the 2014 Seminar on
New Thinking in Copyright Legal Regimes
quest for works of unknown copyright
ownership and approved Zuei Ing Co.,
Ltd. the reproduction rights to 19 music
works in VOD or MIDI format for use in
Karaoke machines. These works may be
rented, distributed or broadcast to the
public. This first licensing case serves as a
benchmark for cases involving works of
unknown copyright ownership.
Copyright Related Requests
In 2014, TIPO received 2 requests for
setting up CMO, one request for reg-
istration of plate right, one request for
compulsory license of music works, and
70 requests for licensing use of works of
unknown copyright ownership. There
were also 33,227 requests for electronic
verification of copyright licenses.
To enhance the international vision
and understanding of international IPR
trends for all staff, TIPO held 21 study
group where colleagues reported on
special topics or analysis of internation-
ally well-known IPR litigation cases, and
also had guided reading of professional
periodicals from Taiwan and overseas.
A total of 60 plus special topic reports
were presented and had over 400 guid-
ed reading of periodicals.
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IPR Report Guided Study Group
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