Partial Amendment to the Copyright Act

Partial Amendments to the Copyright Act were promulgated on May 13, 2009 by Presidential Order No. Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 09800116331.

Details of the amendments can be found here. (when the page opens, download the document at the bottom of the page)

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Intellectual Property Office News - March

Intellectual Property Office News





Key foreign trademark court cases outlined in TIPO report
TIPO completes draft of “Directory of Well-known Geographical Names and Characteristics”
TIPO creates plans to help prevent copyright intermediary organization fee disputes
TIPO continues reduction of patent annuities for natural persons, schools and SMEs
IPR Police inspection case analysis for February 2009
IPR Police, Taichung Squad, uncover illegal sale of pirated Japanese TV series ODs in violation of the Copyright Act
TIPO to hold 4 public hearings to review Patent Act amendment

Intellectual Property Office News

Here's the news this week from the TIPO office (some old news)



* 2009-02-16 TIPO to hold 4 public hearings to review Patent Act amendment
* 2009-02-16 IPR Police inspection case analysis for January 2009
* 2009-02-16 Progress made in ISP Bill legislation
* 2009-02-16 USTR announces Taiwan’s removal from Special 301 Watch List after completion of Out-of-Cycle Review, TIPO welcomes result
* 2009-02-16 TIPO announces 2009 “Triple E” plan

Intellectual Property Court

Original post by www.taiwanlawresources.com

Intellectual Property Court Will Be Formally Established on July 1, the Judicial Yuan announcement can be found here.

The opening ceremony will be this Tuesday, information can be found here. (Chinese)

The Intellectual Property Court Organization Act and Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act were promulgated by the President in March 28 last year; other related draft regulations, including the Rules for the Adjudication of Intellectual Property Cases and Enforcement Rules for the Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act, were completed and announced at the end of January.

More information about IP in taiwan can be found here.

Intellectual Property Office of Taiwan

Original post from www.taiwanlawresources.com

Here is a link to the Intellectual Property Office of Taiwan.  經濟部智慧財產局

It has a very comprehensive website full of IP laws for:

Patents 專利
Trademarks 商標
Copyrights 著作權
Trade Secrets 營業秘密
Optical Disks 光碟
Integrated Circuit Layouts 積體電路電路布局

Search for a:
Patent 
Trademark 

Important links not in the English portion of the website:

Application forms
Patents 專利
Trademarks 商標
Copyrights 著作權

J.Y. Interpretations

Trademark

594

548

492

486

370

104

72

23

Copyright

548

Patent

548

507

213

Intellectual Property

548

Other....
Government Procurement Contracts  採購契約 

Company Act