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IPR INNOVATION AND APPLICATION
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Trademark Application Counseling Sessions
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Trademark Counselor Team for
Indigenous Peoples
The team held six group counsel-
ing sessions in New Taipei City, Hualien
County, Yilan County, and Taitung
County to help indigenous peoples
understand the importance of trade-
mark and encourage them to file ap-
plications. The counseling focused on
how to get and use a trademark; a
total of 356 people attended the ses-
sions.
Invited lecturers of trademark registration practices at
Taitung County Government
creations from a pool of 453 entries to
compete for the 26 awards, including six
golds and twenty silvers for the Invention
Award, and six golds and twelve silvers
for the Creation Award, with the prize
money totaling NT$8.8 million. This year’s
winning creations covered areas such
as energy conservation and carbon
emission reduction, biotechnological
medical care, and smart living. Uniquely
innovative and highly applicable, tech-
nology transfer or licensing of these
patented inventions peaked more than
90%.
Promoting Registration of Geo-
graphical Certification Marks
and Geographical Collective
Trademarks for Local Feature
Industries
To follow up on the work in 2013 to
promote registration of geographical
certification marks and geographical
collective trademarks for famous local
feature industries, TIPO in 2014 continue
to publicize the central government’s
position on promoting registration of
these marks and providing counseling
to the related counties and munici-
palities. Through the campaign, TIPO
encouraged businesses in sectors of
famous local feature industries to apply
for registration of geographical certifi-
cation marks and geographical collec-
tive trademarks, so as to foster regional
economic growth, as well as promote
development of these industries.