2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

107 年亮點 2019 7 TIPOANNUAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS IN 2019 Invention Patent Average first office action pendency was 8.4 months. Average disposal pendency was 13.6 months. Trademark Average first office action pendency was 5.2 months. Average disposal pendency was 6.7 months. Copyright The amended Articles 87 and 93 of the Copyright Act were promulgated in May . The draft amendment to the Copyright Collective Management Organization Act was proposed in October . License disputes over the use of karaoke machines at community centers were resolved between May and October . The 2019 Seminar on Advanced Technologies and Music Licensing Trends was held in December . IPR Laws and Regulations The Operational Directions of Third-party Observations for Trademark Applications was issued and promulgated on June 20 . The Principles for Examining Trademarks Comprising the Cross Device was published on July 30. The amended Notices Regarding the Use of Registered Trademarks was promulgated on August 23. Following a public hearing on October 15 where public feedback was collected, TIPO drafted the amendment to the Trademark Act. The Amended Patent Act took effect on November 1 . Legislative Yuan passed its third reading of the partial amendment to the Trade Secrets Act on December 31 . International Cooperation In March , the 2019 TIPO-USPTO Exchange of Best Practices on Trademark Examination was held in Taiwan for the first time. In April , the 2019 International Seminar on Digital Piracy and Trade Secrets was held. In August , the 2019 Seminar on the IP Landscape in New Southbound Countries was held. In October , Taiwan and Japan signed the MOUs on PPH and on Design Patent PDX. Support for Industrial Sectors e-Services New mobile payment method launched in June . The percentages of e-filing for patent and trademark applications were 79.7% and 78.2% . The percentages of e-delivery of patent and trademark documents were 90.8% and 72.3% . The cumulative issuance of e-receipts exceeded 200,000 . 27 sessions of the Seminar on Increasing Patent Capacity and Value were held. 11 Seminar on Discovering Potential Patent Applicants were held. TIPO’s examiners visited two corporations for bilateral learning and exchange. Customized IPR localization courses were provided to 16 companies at TIPO’s branch offices. p.24 p.37 p.48,66,73 p.45,47-49 p.72,73,77 p.60-61 p.51-52