2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

IV. e–ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES TIPO selected patent administration litigation cases that merit discussion and collected analytical reports written by examiners. They were compiled and published bimonthly at TIPO's website. Patent Administrative Rulings Bimonthly TIPO completed the Mandarin translation of the Guide to the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) and published it on the official website on September 16. Guide to Cooperative Patent Classification Now Available in Mandarin Trademark TIPO collected and uploaded onto its official website well-known trademark cases recognized by all levels of courts, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC), and TIPO between July 2018 and June 2019. More Cases on Well-known Trademark Rulings and their Maintenance Between 2017 and 2018, TIPO selected 21 representative cases involving appeal decisions by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and patent administrative rulings on revoked and sustained disposition by the IP Court. The analysis looked at the determination of patentability requirements including inventive step and patent claims. The analysis of these cases was compiled as "Compilation of Patent Administration Litigation Cases Study: 2018-2019" and issued electronically. The compilation is available on TIPO's website. TIPO uploaded onto its official website previous email replies of 2019 to the public inquiring about interpretations of trademark laws that can be referenced as common instances to enable people better understand legislative changes and how the laws can be applied in certain situations. TIPO selected and uploaded onto its website IP Court's trademark administrative rulings and other important civil and criminal rulings rendered in 2019. TIPO also reviewed and adjusted the Trademark FAQs to align with the deleted Schedule in Article 19 of the amendment to the Enforcement Rules of the Trademark Act in 2018. On July 22, 2019, TIPO published the Notices on Using Punctuation Marks when Designating Goods or Services in Trademark Applications, which took effect on January 16, 2020. The Notices can help the Trademark Application System estimate the number of goods/services and calculate filing fees for each application, which greatly improves trademark examination efficiency. Past Trademark Laws, Regulations and Relevant Interpretations Updated Trademark Rulings and the Trademark FAQs Updated Notices on Using Punctuation Marks when Designating Goods or Services in Trademark Applications 56