MARCH 2005
Taiwan promises IP reforms
| Taiwan's 2004 achievements in
IP |
- TIPO completed revision of Examination
Guidelines for Patents, Examination Guidelines
for Three-dimensional, Sound and Colour [trade
marks] and Examination Guidelines for
Likelihood of Confusion - all published for
patent and trade mark examiners in the hope of
improving examination quality.
- The Copyright Act was amended in September,
broadening copyright protection to the digital
world.
- The Integrated Enforcement Task Force was
reorganized and renamed the IPR Police on
November 1. On November 23, the IPR Police
raided a warehouse, seizing more than 10,000
counterfeit clothes items with a value of
$937,500.
- The director-general of Customs held three
nationwide workshops from October to December,
educating more than 100 customs officials on IP
inspection skills.
- On June 8, at the Judicial Yuan's Senior
Officers meeting it was decided that a
dedicated IP court would be created in Taipei's
Shilin District. Plans detailing the court's
establishment are being formulated.
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One of Taiwan's most senior IP figures has set out a
far-reaching plan to strengthen the country's rights framework, and
offer owners greater protection and enforcement measures.
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