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IPR PROTECTION
Unit: Case/Person/Disk
Year
Total
Trademark Violation Copyright Violation OD Seized Internet
Infringement
Cases Suspects Cases Suspects Cases Suspects No. of Disks Cases
2014
4,910 5,730 2,760 3,120 2,150 2,610 350,604
2,929
2013
5,730 6,623 3,475 3,983 2,255 2,640
99,608
3,535
Rate of Change (%) -14.3% -13.5% -20.6% -21.7% -4.7% -1.1% 252.0% -17.1%
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Capacity Training for Law Enforcement Officers
IPR Police, National Police Agency
Starting January 1, 2014, the Intel-
lectual Property Rights Police (IPRP) was
restructured to become the Criminal
Investigation Brigade (CIBr) to continue
its original mission and responsibilities of
enforcing intellectual property rights.
Given their professional training, they
produced yet another year of phe-
nomenal accomplishment. Statistics for
infringement cases in 2014 are classified
below:
Unit: Case
Year
Total
Types of Infringement Cases
Internet
Markets Store fronts Flyers
Factories Others
2014
2,115
1,393
217
458
1
9
37
2013
2,754
1,803
370
551
2
2
27
Rate of Change (%)
-23.2% -22.7% -41.4% -16.9% -50.0% 350.0% 37.0%
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Inspection of OD Factories
2
3
To strengthen inspection of OD
factories, the Joint Optical Disk Enforce-
ment Taskforce (JODE) conducts period-
ic and random inspections of OD plants,
printing plate factories, and other OD-
related facilities island-wide. In 2014, a
total of 660 OD facilities were inspected,
and 62 facilities received written audits.
No major violations were found in 2014.
To enhance the professional knowl-
edge and enforcement capability of
police officers island-wide, TIPO offered
IPR training courses in May and June for
police officers and agents from Investi-
gation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice
responsible for investigating IPR infringe-
ment cases; a total of 100 police officers
and agents took part in the courses. An
advanced level training course was also
offered for the first time this year to en-
hance senior officers’ depth and width
of IP knowledge.