2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

VII. IPR IMPLEMENTATION National Police Agency (NPA), Ministry of the Interior Below are statistics on violations of the Trademark Act and the Copyright Act, cybercrimes, and optical disks (ODs) seized. Year Total Trademark Violation Copyright Violation Internet Infringement ODs Seized Cases Suspects Cases Suspects Cases Suspects Cases No. of Disks 2019 3,774 4,410 2,000 2,364 1,774 2,046 2,669 134 2018 4,308 4,934 1,854 2,144 2,454 2,790 3,216 25,405 Rate of Change(%) -12.4% -10.6% 7.9% 10.3% -27.7% -26.7% -17.0% -99.5% Criminal Investigation Brigade, Second Special Police Corps, National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior The Criminal Investigation Brigade, Second Special Police Corps, 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 2019, cybercrimes took up 68.10% of all infringement cases. Below are the types of infringement. Year Total Types of Infringement Internet Markets Storefronts Flyers Factories Others 2019 2,252 1,538 198 355 0 40 121 134 2018 2,135 1,654 77 248 0 85 71 25,405 Rate of Change(%) 5.5% -7.0% 157.1% 43.1% 0% -52.9% 70.4% -99.5% Unit : Case 02 IP Court Rulings of Civil and Criminal Cases Below are the IP Court's rulings on patent, trademark and copyright cases: Source ： Judicial Yuan's website Year Civil Cases Criminal Cases First Instance Second Instance Special Criminal Law Copyrights Patent Rights Trademark Rights Copyrights Patent Rights Trademark Rights Violation of Copyright Act Violation of Trademark Act 2019 129 111 70 35 49 25 44 36 2018 97 124 63 23 59 21 60 41 Rate of Change(%) 33.0% -10.5% 11.1% 52.2% -16.9% 19.0% -26.7% -12.2% Unit : Case 81 2019 TIPOANNUAL REPORT