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Trial Issue    March 31, 2016
Cover Story
Intel Surpasses TSMC,
Filing the Most Invention Patents in Taiwan in 2015
Anita Li/In-house reporter at IP Observer
The 2015 patent statistics released in February by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) suggest that semiconductor vendors have been very active in developing their patent strategies in both Taiwan and around the globe. Intel came out top for patents filed for the second time (the first was in 2012). Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC), one of Intel’s major competitors in its custom foundry business, ranked second, suggesting that ....More >>
Features
The impact of Tsai Ing-wen’s victory in Taiwan’s presidential election on UK-Taiwan trade
Conor Stuart/In-house reporter at IP Observer
Towards the end of February, the UK Trade Institute hosted a webinar featuring presentations from David Snower, head of the political section of the British Office in Taipei, and Mandeep Singh Gill, head of the office’s prosperity section, discussing the recent win of ....More >>
Benchmarking Trade Facilitation in ASEAN
Conor Stuart/In-house reporter at IP Observer
The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on December 31, 2015, has led to a lot of hype concerning investment opportunities in what is now the seventh largest economic body in the world, but to what extent have trade barriers actually been lifted in the....More >>
Former USPTO Director David Kappos Dispels Seven ‘Patent’ Myths on Intellectual Property and Standards
Conor Stuart/In-house reporter at IP Observer
Former USPTO director David J. Kappos spoke at the International Symposium on Standards, SEPs and Competition Laws, held recently at National Taiwan University. Kappos gave a spirited defense of standard-related incentives in the patent system, taking...More >>

IP News inBrief
Taiwan national research institute head falsely accused of lobbying for personal profit

Japanese government complete initial draft of patent and trademark legislation amendment

Hitachi Metals Accuses Chinese Rare-Earth Magnet Firm Consortium of Misleading the Public

No Sense of Irony: Chief Architect of China’s Chengdu-20 Fighter Concerned about Intellectual Property

Calls for Merging of China’s Intellectual Property Agencies at the ‘Two Sessions’

Taiwan to Roll Out Incentives for Investment in Financial Technology Patents

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