I. Preface When an applicant in an application for trademark registration needs to promptly acquire the trademark rights, the applicant may apply for accelerated examination in accordance with Paragraph 8, Article 19 of the Trademark Act. For the trademark applicants' understanding and foreseeing the requirements for accelerated examination and its applicability, these operating procedures are hereby formulated to specify the ...
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We are pleased to  advise you of the recent information announced by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) regarding the electronic trademark certificates. In order to enhance the digital technology services and achieve the energy saving and carbon reduction effects, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) will begin issuing electronic trademark certificates on January 1, 2023. The said electronic certificates ...
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In order to improve the convenience of online trademark application, the Office has re-planned the system operation process and interface. Through the guided design, users can complete the application in 5 steps. The new version of the system will be officially available from February 15, 2022. For external services, priority is given to providing three application forms for the most ...
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In response to the amendments to the Nice Classification, 11th Edition-Version 2022 of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Classification of Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement, TIPO synchronously updated the "Concordance List of Corresponding Similar Group Codes for Taiwanese-Japanese-Nice Classification of Goods and Services, 11th Edition-Version 2022", applicants are welcome to use it as a reference ...
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In response to the regular revisions of the 11th edition of the Nice International Classification of Goods and Services, a total of 601 items of goods / services have been added, 61 items have been deleted, and 30 items of class / sub-class names or notes have been added / removed / amended (see attached table for details). The implementation ...
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