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IPR INNOVATION AND APPLICATION
Patent Trends and Patent Liti-
gation Analysis in Selected In-
dustries
The Research Project on the “Ana-
lytical Research Project for Patent Trends
and Litigation in Communications Indus-
try” completed 3,000 analysis and read-
ing reports of European and American
communications companies on 4G/LTE
patent search in the United States, as
well as analysis on potential 5G tech-
nology patent trend. The project also
compiled a handbook on patent litiga-
tion based on the in-depth analysis of
six patent litigation cases in the United
States and one in Japan. TIPO held four
project result forums to share the results
of the project with a total of 860 partici-
pants. Electronic forms of the project re-
sults are available on TIPONet for down-
load.
Seminar on US Patent Linkage
and Litigation
In December, TIPO held the 2014
Seminar on US Patent Linkage and Liti-
gation to help industries and govern-
ment agencies learn more about patent
linkage. Invited to this event were law
professionals from the United States and
Taiwan, and representatives from phar-
maceutical associations to exchange
views on issues concerning patent link-
age system and relevant litigation pro-
cedures and strategies. Views were also
exchanged on the possible impacts that
patent linkage and litigation might have
on the development of pharmaceutical
industry in Taiwan. A total of 440 people
from the industry, academia, and gov-
ernment attended the event.
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Patent Commercialization
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To increase industrial use of pat-
ented technologies, TIPO periodically
supplies technology transfer experi-
ences , updates succes s s tor ies of
commercialized patents in Taiwan
and other countries on the patent
commercialization information and
education website. TIPO also has a
patent technology matching platform
to help independent inventors wish-
ing to commercialize their inventions
by matching registered inventors with
interested businesses, or allowing busi-
nesses to search for individual inven-
tions. The platform is also linked to
the Taiwan Technology Marketplace
website of the Industrial Development
Bureau for subsequent counseling and
trading opportunities.
To help businesses and the pub-
lic understand the many guidance
measures that the government has
on innovative R&D, as well as to foster