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Unit: Case
1,157 2.5% 18.7% -7.0% -24.8% 10.9% -5.1%
National Police Agency (NPA), Ministry of the Interior
Below are statistics on violations of the Trademark Act and the Copyright Act, optical disks (ODs) seized, and cybercrimes.
25,405 -4.8% -5.0% -12.7% -12.3% 2.3% 1.8% -10.0% -72.5%
The Special Police Second Headquarters, National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior coordinates efforts of investigation brigades in Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung that are specifically tasked with the investigation of IPR infringement cases. In 2018, cybercrimes took up 77.5% of all of the uncovered infringement cases. Below are the results of uncovered types of infringement.
VII. IPR IMPLEMENTATION
The IPR Action Plan 2018-2020 was instituted to not only continue strengthening investigation of counterfeiting, border control and educational campaigns, but also to add new measures governing investigation of infringement concerning E-commerce and online shopping. The plan was aimed at effectively curbing piracy and counterfeiting and optimizing the environment for IPR protection.
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Taiwan High Prosecutors Office (THPO)
THPO held the Working Group Meeting on Coordinated Supervision over Investigation of IPR Infringement to effectively integrate IPR protection work by prosecution, police, and investigation agencies. Below are the infringement rulings rendered by district prosecutors offices in 2018.
Piracy and Counterfeit Investigation
Year
Concluded Investigation
Rulings
Indicted (Ordinary Procedure)
Indicted (Summary Judgement)
Deferred
Not Indicted
Others
2018
7,199
661
557
692
4,132
2017
7,022
557
599
920
3,727
1,219
Rate of Change(%)
Year
Total
Trademark Violation
Copyright Violation
Internet Infringement
ODs Seized
Cases
Suspects
Cases
Suspects
Cases
Suspects
Cases
No. of Disks
2018
4,308
4,934
1,854
2,144
2,454
2,790
3,216
2017
4,523
5,191
2,123
2,446
2,398
2,742
3,572
92,306
Rate of Change(%)
Special Police Second Headquarters, National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior
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VII IPR IMPLEMENTATION