2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

VI. INTERNATIONAL AND CROSS-STRAIT EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION The 2019 International Seminar on Digital Piracy and Trade Secrets International Seminar on Trade Secret Legal Regimes and Practices In April, the Ministry of Justice and the US Department of Justice jointly held the 2019 International Seminar on Digital Piracy and Trade Secrets. Judges, law enforcement officers and TIPO representative were invited to give lectures. The event was aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation on combating digital piracy and misappropriations of trade secrets. A total of over 170 people attended the event. In July, TIPO, Bureau of Foreign Trade, and Taiwan Association for Trade Secrets Protection (TTSP) jointly held the 2019 International Seminar on Trade Secret Legal Regimes and Practices. Experts from the US, Japan, South Korea, and mainland China were invited to discuss trade secret laws and practices. Around 200 people attended the event. The 2019 TIPO International Intellectual Property Litigation Conference on Patent Invalidation Litigation To exchange views and align with international intellectual property knowledges, TIPO hosted the 2019 TIPO International Property Litigation Conference on Patent Invalidation Litigation in November. IP experts from the US, Germany, Japan and Korea were invited to give lectures, and 245 people attended the event. 2019 Seminar on the IP Landscape in New Southbound Countries 2019 Seminar on the IP Landscape in New Southbound Countries To increase domestic corporations' understanding of IP regimes in the New Southbound countries, TIPO and the Taiwan Patent Attorneys Association cohosted the 2019 Seminar on IP Landscape in New Southbound Countries in August. IP officials from Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as patent agents from Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and India were invited to give talks. These talks covered legal regimes, examination practices, and the matters to note when Taiwan companies file patent applications and seek protection in the said countries. The seminar drew over 230 attendants from industries, government and academia. 77 2019 TIPOANNUAL REPORT