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INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION
TIPO also continued to participate
in dialogues on issues related to multilat-
eral system of notification and registra-
tion of GIs for wines and spirits, GI exten-
sion, genetic resources and traditional
knowledge. DG Wang, Mr. Dacio Cas-
tillo, Ambassador and Permanent Rep-
resentative of the Republic of Honduras
to the WTO, and Mr. Alfredo Suescum,
Ambassador and Permanent Represen-
tative of Panama to the WTO attended
the Seminar on “The Future of WTO Ne-
gotiation in Post-Bali Era” to exchange
views on TRIPS related issues.
APEC/IPEG
TIPO attended the 38
th
and 39
th
APEC/IPEG meetings to present on “Es-
tablishing Mechanisms for Orphan Works
and Use of Accessible-format Copies—
Experiences and Prospects in Chinese
Taipei,” “Patent Act Amendment—In-
clusion of Border Protection Measures,”
“Amendments to the Trade Secrets Act,”
and “Reform of Copyright Limitations and
Exceptions in the Era of Digitization.”
Bilateral Cooperation
Taiwan-US
Taiwan and the United States con-
tinued to share frequent exchanges in
2014. In February, Ms. Shira Perlmutter,
the USPTO’s Chief Policy Officer and
Director for International Affairs, visited
TIPO to deliver a speech on “The Green
Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity,
and Innovation in the Digital Economy.”
In March, TIPO convened the “2014 US-
Taiwan Symposium on Trade Secrets,”
inviting Mr. John Hauser, senior special
agent from Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tions, Dr. Dale Hoscheit, U.S. attorney
from Banner & Witcoff, along with Ms.
Lin Chih-Chieh, Associate Professor at
National Chiao Tung University to discuss
trade secrets legal regimes in Taiwan
and U.S., criminal litigation practices
and liabilities, as well as other relevant
cases. In April, TIPO attended the TIFA
meeting in Washington to discuss issues
on Internet infringement, media box
infringement, enforcement of the Copy-
right Act and related amendments.
Both sides reached consensus on the
establishment of TIPO-USPTO PDX and
examiner exchange programs.
Taiwan-Japan
Invited by Interchange Association
of Japan, DG Wang headed to Japan
in March to exchange views with repre-
sentatives from IP authorities and related
business executives in private sectors.
On November 20, the Association
of East Asian Relations and Interchange
Association Japan signed a Memoran-
dum on Mutual Cooperation in the Field
of Deposit of Microorganisms for the Pur-
poses of Patent Procedure. Through this
mutual cooperation, patent applicants
no longer have to make repeat depos-
its in respective countries. Under this
mechanism, the designated depositary
in Taiwan (The Food Industry Research