2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

II.IPR EXAMINATIONS AND SERVICES Following its analysis of court rulings of 2018 involving merchandise photos, TIPO held a seminar on July 18 and invited large e-commerce platforms and law enforcement authorities to exchange thoughts. E-commerce platforms were asked to step up sellers' copyright and trademark protection awareness regarding merchandise photos. Measures such as adding warnings are taken to stop sellers from breaking the law. Of the 7 requests for authorized exploitation of works of unknown copyright ownerships and other applications, TIPO completed 6 cases (5 approved and I withdrawn by the requester). TIPO organized twelve learning sessions to step up staff's copyright knowledge. The sessions covered the latest global copyright legislative trends, the copyright industry's practices of using new technologies, international collective management systems, knowledge sharing sessions, as well as study of the Copyright Act for new staff. Processing of Copyright Requests Strengthening Staff's Copyright Knowledge Seminar on Deterring IPR Infringement by Unauthorized Use of Online Merchandise Photos 2019 TIPOANNUAL REPORT 43