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#021    December 28, 2017
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What You Need to Know about Inventive Step Determination at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office
Chou Yun/IP Professional
The amendments to the determination of inventive step enshrined in the examination guidelines of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) took effect on July 1...More >>

Favorable Package of Renewals

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New Southbound Policy Focuses in on IP Protection with Taiwan-ASEAN
IP Summit
Anita Li/IP Observer Reporter
In order to learn more about the state of IP protection in ASEAN countries, TIPO held a “Seminar On The IP Landscape in Southeast Asian Countries” on November 28 in Taipei, inviting the officers of the IPOs of five ASEAN countries, Vietnam, Philippines...More >>
Blind Spot: Asia Pacific Countries Underestimate Data Issues
in AI Readiness Projections
Conor Stuart/IP Observer Reporter
Taiwan has set its sights on playing a major role in the artificial intelligence (AI) global supply chain, and it may be making headway with help from international corporations, as suggested by the recently announced agreement between US tech giant...More >>
3D Printing You: Bioprinting in Medicine
Conor Stuart/IP Observer Reporter
Most science fiction fans imagine the future of medicine as something like the automated operating capsule in Prometheus or the real-time virtual reality body scans on Star Trek: Discovery, but maybe you’re not aware how far along we’ve come in...More >>

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IP News in Brief
China-Chile and China-Czech Republic Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot to Launch Start of 2018

Shenzhen Sets up Finance, IP Protection Courts

Beijing’s Zhongguancun Aims to Become China's Leading AI Player

Taiwan and UK sign MOU on Recognition of Biomaterial Deposits

Russia Delivers Second Batch of Su-35 Fighters to China

Taiwan’s ITRI Sees 141 Patent Licensing Agreements and 19 Techonology Transfer Cases in Green Energy Sector

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