2019 Annual Report Intellectual Property Office

APPENDIX 05 TIPO attended the 2019 Cross-Strait Copyright Forum in Changchun City, mainland China. 12 TIPO published the amendment to Chapter 5 ("Priority Right") of Part Three ("Substantive Examination of Design Patents") of the Patent Examination Guidelines, which took effect on the same day. 26 TIPO held the 2019 Taiwan Innotech Expo. 02 The second seminar on the practices of trade secret for judicial officers was held. 04 TIPO held the 2019 20th Anniversary Celebrations and Seminar on the Copyright Act - the Past and the Future. 23 TIPO held the seminar on the legal use of karaoke machines by non-profit venues governed by local governments. 30 Taiwan and Japan signed the MOUs on Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) and on Design Patent Priority Document Exchange (PDX). 09/05 10/30 01 TIPO published its amendment to Chapter 7, 9 and 10 of Part Two ("Substantive Examination of Invention Patents"), Chapter 2 of Part Four ("Formality Examination of Utility Model Patents"), and Chapter 1 and 2 of Part Five ("Examination for Patent Invalidity") of the Patent Examination Guidelines, which took effect on the same day. 05 TIPO published the amendment to Chapter 13 ("Medical-Related Invention Patents") of Part 2 ("Substantive Examination of Invention Patents") of the Patent Examination Guidelines, which took effect on January 1, 2020. 10 TIPO held the 2019 Seminar on Advanced Technologies and Music Licensing Trends. 31 The Legislative Yuan passed the third reading of the amendment to the Trade Secrets Act that added the system of Investigation Confidentiality Protective Order. 12/10 Oct Sep Nov Dec 86