Page 35 - 2018 Annual Report Taiwan Intellectual Property Office

In November, TIPO invited experts, scholars and patent attorneys to participate in the Seminar on Patent Invalidation Hearing Review in 2018, and collected their feedback as a reference for future improvement.
• Review and Analysis of Revoked Invalidation and Reexamination Cases
TIPO ANNUAL REPORT
TIPO continues to review and analyze
invalidation and reexamination cases revoked
annually by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and
the IP Court. TIPO selects important cases each year and analyzes them in case study sessions regarding the cancellation of patent administrative litigation. These cases are written into analysis reports and compiled into Compilation of Patent Administration Dispute Cases Studies for future improvement.
Strengthening Examiners’ Professionalism
In response to the interdisciplinary approaches of emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), TIPO discussed the Patent Examination Case Examples pertinent to IoT related technologies issued by the Japan Patent Office to ensure consistent views in patent examining for various technical workgroups on the application of software and network integration. To strength patent examination capability, TIPO also studied the judgment criteria of patentability on AI and machine learning in the latest patent examination guidelines issued in October 2018 by EPO.
TIPO puts great emphasis on patent examiner
training in order to help examiners keep track of
the latest technology trends and solve various
problems in examination practices. Novice
patent examiners are required to take basic
training, patent search courses and training in
examination practices and procedures. And all
examiners must take different levels of training
courses. Local and foreign experts are irregularly
invited to deliver speeches regarding specific industries, such as artificial intelligence (AI) involving intellectual property, and 10 nanometer (10 nm) technology trends.
The first hearing on a patent invalidation case
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Keynote on "Artificial Intelligence involving Intellectual Property" by Lin Kuan-Yu, manager with Science & Technology Law Institute (STLI)
Outstanding Examiner Award Ceremony
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