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January~August 2003 Supplemental Report on Taiwan's Intellectual Property Rights Protection

April ~ June 2003 Quarterly Report on Taiwan's Intellectual Property Rights Protection

January ~ April 2003Progress & Performance Report on Taiwan's Intellectual Property Rights Protection

Taiwan Disappointed at Inclusion on the Priority Watch List, Despite Sustained Efforts to Enforce IPR Protection

Premier called for the 4^th Cabinet-Level Meeting to Review First –Quarter Progress and Result on IPR Enforcement

Premier Called on Strengthening IPR Enforcement at a Cabinet-level Meeting

Piracy to be put out as Optical Disk Law Amendment proceeds to Legislative Yuan

Yu Instructs Intensive Progress on IPR Enforcement

Three-Year Imprisonment Sentenced to the Two Pirates Involved with 70,000 Pirated CDs

Piracy of the Latest Bond Movie Linked to Oscar Academy Awards

Agencies on Outstanding Performance for Software Assess Management Program Accredited

IPO Publishes Amended Patent Application Forms

Amended Patent Law Enforcement Regulations Effective November 8, 2002

Executive Yuan Approves Draft Amendments to Patent Law

"Early Disclosure of Invention Patents" Effective October 26, 2002

WTO Negotiations on IPR Rights

IPO Drafts Examination Standards for Domestic Priority Rights

Taiwan and Costa Rica Sign Bilateral IPR Cooperation Agreement

MOEA Calls Cross-Departmental Meeting for IP Protection

“Manufacturing & Mining Industry Technicians” under Patent Agent Regulations

IPO's "Biotech, Pharmaceutical & Chinese Medicinal Patent Database"

Draft Revisions to Trademark & Patent Application Forms

Replacement of Incorrect New Design Patent Certificates

Amendment to Application Procedures for Establishment of Copyright Intermediary Associations

Official Inauguration for the Establishment of the Joint Optical Disk Enforcement Held

Action Plan of the Joint Optical Disk Enforcement Task Force Integrates Authorities for the Effective Combat on IPR Infringement

The Joint Optical Disk Enforcement Task Force of Ministry of Economic Affairs Suspends Infringing Optical Disks

396 Persons Sentenced to One-plus Year Imprisonment for IPR Infringement in 2001

Second Quarter (2002) Status of Patent and Trademark Applications

Pre-grant Publication System to be Implemented on 2002/10/26

Plan for Action Year of IPR Protection

IPO’s “CD-ROM Patent Gazette” Was Launched into the Market Since June 2001

Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) holds Award Presentation Ceremony for Police Agencies with Outstanding Performance in Protecting Intellectual Property Rights and Displays the Results of Crackdown on August 28, 2001.

IPO successfully hosts the APEC-IPEG XIII and APEC Symposium

IPO Hosts APEC-IPEG XIII

The IPO has promulgated " The Guideline for Copyright Authorization Document Inspection for Export of Audio-visual Works and OEM Audio CDs. " This Authority is trasferred from GIO due to the enforcement of Administrative Proceding Law on 1 January 2001. For the reason of preventing copyright infringement in other countries by products exported from ROC, exporters of Audio-visual Works and OEM Audio CDs are required to submit copyright authorization document to the IPO or its border inspection centers at Keelung, CKS international airport, Taichung, or Kaoshiung to get verification of copyright document.

" The Arrangement for the Protection of Industrial Property Rights between the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in New Zealand and the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office " has come into effect from December 19, 2000, and " The Arrangement between the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office, New Zealand and the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office on the Reciprocal Protection and Enforcement of Copyright " has taken effect from December 22, 2000.

Announced "Executive Plan of Read Only Memory Chip Marking Registration" and assigned Taiwan Economic Development & Research Academy and China Industrial & Commercial Research Institute as registration organizations which carried into effect from July 1, 2000.

According to Chinese Taipei Patent Law Article 24 (invention), Article 105 which applies the provision of Article 24 (utility model) and Chinese Taipei Trademark Law Article 4, an applicant who first files an application, on or after June 15, 2000, for an invention patent, utility model patent and trademark registration with Austrian Patent Office, shall enjoy the right to claim priority in Chinese Taipei.

Government And The Public In Cooperation Fighting Against Counterfeits To Guard Ipr

IPO'S 1999 Patent Application Ranking List A Demonstration Of Chinese Taipei Hi-Tech Potential

Drafts Of Qualification Laws Of Patent & Trademark Auditiors Passed By The Legislative Yuan After Third Reading