【冠群電子報】2019年08月號
新南向智財研討會
六國產官專家齊聚台北
政府推動新南向政策以來東協與南亞國家的快速經濟發展逐漸成為國人注目焦點對於尋求新市場與生產基地的台商尤其具有吸引力為了幫助有意南向發展的企業制定市場策略時能充分考慮智慧財產保護完整布局與加值發展等面向經濟部智慧局與專利師公會攜手 新南向智慧財產研討會邀請四國智慧局專家及六國專利代理人來台就各國專利法制審查要點專利申請與權利保護的落實等焦點議題提供精闢介紹及面對面實務交流
The booming economy and rapid market growth in the southeast and south Asian countries have become the focus of public attention in Taiwan since the government announced the “New Southbound Policy”, one of Taiwan’s most ambitious international outreach programs ever. The related topics are particularly attractive to businesses exploring new markets or looking for new manufacturing bases.
To help interested businesses getting ready for the southbound markets and able to align market plans with overall consideration of their IP protection strategies, TIPO (The Intellectual Property Office) and TWPAA (Taiwan Patent Attorneys Association) organized a seminar on “IP Landscape in New Southbound Countries” and invited the intellectual property office officials and patent attorneys, from Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India, to give incisive introductions to the current patent system each country, including application requirements, patent examination practices, the time limit for OA response, patent term, IP enforcement systems, etc.
美國專利商標局新規定：外國商標申請案須由美國律師代理
美國專利商標局(USPTO)於2019年7月2日宣布一項新法規，要求所有外國商標申請人、註冊人，以及進入商標審理暨訴願委員會程序的當事人，均須由已在美國律師協會有效登錄之執業律師代理。
該法規適用於所有美國境外的商標申請人、註冊人、和當事人（只要永久居所或主要營業所設於美國境外者皆包含在內）。這些申請人、註冊人和當事人的商標案件，皆須由美國律師代理處理。
台專利局2018年報：8.7個月發初審通知、14個月審結
經濟部智慧財產局近期公開2018年工作成果根據年報統計發明專利申請方面全年 41,991件實體審查結案 39,528 件初審首次通知平均需時 8.7 個月審結平均需時 14 個月審查效率穩步提升已然超越歐美紀錄設計專利申請方面初審首次通知平均需時 6.1 個月 審結平均需時 7.4 個月維持近年穩定水準。
According to the annual report newly released by TIPO (Taiwan Intellectual Property Office), there were 41,991 requests for substantive examination of invention patent applications and 39,528 disposals of them in 2018. The yearly average disposal pendency was down to 14 months for invention patents and 8.7 months for a first office action. Both have hit a ten-year low and outperformed the current records in the US and the EU.
