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6. Trademark Administrative Litigation Processed by the Intellectual Property Court
Item Year
Cases Received
Cases Concluded
Withdrawn
Plaintiff Won
Plaintiff Lost
Partially Sustained
Dismissals
Settlements
Others
Total
2009
263
10
20
197
11
13
10
1
262
2010
254
14
14
188
14
12
1
0
243
2011
173
9
16
162
16
8
5
1
217
2012
192
8
18
122
19
1
3
0
171
2013
157
6
21
118
11
6
3
0
165
2014
162
9
19
120
9
3
1
0
161
2015
159
17
20
96
8
4
3
0
148
2016
158
9
14
119
3
6
2
0
153
2017
176
12
16
105
3
5
7
0
148
2018
117
17
19
117
5
6
1
0
165
Note: 1. The above statistics are provided by the Intellectual Property Court. "Plaintiff Won" and "Partially Sustained" include appeals filed against the Ministry of Economic Affairs whose appeal decisions were revoked.
2. "Settlements" refer to cases concluded by the IP Court after the litigants' mutual concession to the disputes and the reaching of an agreement.
7. Residents and Non-Residents Trademark Applications (By Case)
Year
Item
Residents
Non-Residents
2009
47,009
12,677
2010
50,998
15,498
2011
50,895
16,725
2012
55,696
18,661
2013
55,338
18,693
2014
56,217
19,716
2015
57,356
21,167
2016
57,548
21,752
2017
61,215
22,587
2018
59,840
24,976
Note: TIPO began accepting applications for joint ownership of trademark on July 13, 2006. The numbers in this table are counted by the number of applicants' nationalities.
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