Page 38 - 2018 Annual Report Taiwan Intellectual Property Office

Trademark Registrations of Top Five Countries (Regions) (by Case)
3,897
3,553
3,536
4,661
2017 2018
3,759 3,783
Among the top five countries (regions) of trademark registrations, mainland China continued to lead by 4,661 cases. Compared to 2017, registrations by the top five Asian countries (regions) were up whereas the US was down.
There were 120 registrations for non-traditional trademarks. Of these, 118 registrations for 3D trademarks topped the list. Registrations were up significantly from 2017.
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Registration of Non-traditional Trademarks
Unit: Case
118
0
2
0
0
Disputes and Administrative Remedy
Requests for Trademark Dispute
MAINLAND CHINA
JAPAN
U. S.
1,4191,4481,2271,369 HONG R. KOREA
KONG
Type Year
2016
2017
2018
3D
26
80
Sound
8
8
Color
0
3
Hologram
0
2
Motion
1
1
Others
1
8
0
Total
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102
120
1,708
2014
1,659
1,524
Opposition Revocation
Invalidation Total
1,801
1,614
2017 2018 Year
In 2018, 1,614 cases of trademark dispute were received, down by 187 cases from the previous year (1,801). Of these, revocations saw the greatest decrease by 97 cases, while invalidations and oppositions decreased by 49 and 41 cases respectively. On the other hand, there were 1,768 disposals, up by 186 cases from 2017 (1,582).
Note: Trademark dispute requests include oppositions, invalidations, and revocations.
627
213
669
210
515
187
640
248
543
199
868
780
822
913
872
2015 2016
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