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Keep Abreast of R&D Developments with Patent Watch Services
Rambis Huang, Austin Hsiang / NAIP E-Commerce
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Patent data plays a decisive role in decisions about company products, R&D and market operations at each stage of your company’s development. After collation, classification and analysis...More >>

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Recent Developments in Patent Insurance in China
Jili Chung
Patent insurance is crucial in facilitating patent-related transactions as, unlike real property, a patent does not have clear boundaries. Its scope and validity are subject to interpretation and can be challenged throughout its lifetime. Very often the rights may be completely revoked through invalidation actions. As such, parties...More >>
Justin Wu on New Opportunities for Patent Attorneys in Taiwan
Clarence Chiang/IP Observer Reporter
In the first year of his term, Justin Wu, chair of Taiwan Patent Attorneys Association (TWPAA), spent his time both promoting Taiwan’s patent system overseas and inviting in-house patent professionals working in industry into the association. In his view, the core problem with Taiwan’s patent system is not only...More >>
Wang Mei-hua Answers to Criticism of Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy
Conor Stuart/IP Observer Reporter
There have been a series of media reports over recent months questioning the Taiwanese government’s role in pushing forward a policy to encourage stronger business, trade and educational links with South East Asia, South Asia, Australia and New Zealand -- “the New Southbound Policy”...More >>

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IP News in Brief
Chengdu Intellectual Property Court Launches with Jurisdiction over Sichuan IP Cases

3797 Arrests for IP Infringement in China in 2016

China Supreme Court Rules Public Figures Can’t Register Their Names
as Trademarks

Professor Behind Chinese Gene-editing Protein Responds to Patent Application Rejection Story

SIPO Receives 1.3 Million Invention Patent Applications in 2016

Japan Continues to Push Forward on TPP Readiness

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