Page 3 - 2018 Annual Report Taiwan Intellectual Property Office

CONTENTS
DIRECTOR GENERAL’S MESSAGE 2 HIGHLIGHTS IN 2018 5
KEY STATISTICS ON PATENT
AND TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
IN 2018 6
ABBREVIATIONS 9 ORGANIZATION, BUDGET AND
MANPOWER 11 I. IPR APPLICATIONS 14
01 Patent 15 02 Trademark 18
II. IPR EXAMINATIONS
AND SERVICES 20
01 Patent Examination 21
02 Trademark Examination 34
03 CopyrightAffairs 39
III.IPR LEGAL REGIME 42
V. IPR CREATION
AND USE 60
01 SolidPatentCapability 61
02 PatentTrendAnalysesinSelected
Industries 63
03 InventionShowsandAwards 66
04 AssistanceinResolutionofLicensing Disputes and Clarification of Doubts 68
05 TalentFostering 68
06 IPRAwarenessActivities 69
VI. INTERNATIONAL
AND CROSS-STRAIT EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION 74
01 InternationalCooperation 75
02 Cross-StraitExchange 81
VII.IPR IMPLEMENTATION 83
01 PiracyandCounterfeitInvestigation 84
02 IPCourtRulings 85
03 StrengtheningLawEnforcement Professionalism 85
04 StrengtheningthePublic’sIPR Protection Awareness 85
02 AnnualStatistics 91 03 AnnualPublications 139
01 Patent Laws and Regulations
02 Trademark Laws and Regulations
03 Copyright Laws and Regulations
04 Trade Secrets Act
05 AmendmenttoIPRLawsfor Joining CPTPP
43 46 46 47
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IV.e–ENVIRONMENT AND
PUBLIC SERVICES 48 01 Calendar of Events 87
APPENDIX 86
01 PublicServices 49 02 e-Examination 55 03 DigitalServices 55 04 KnowledgeSharing 58