In 2018, TIPO received 47,429 applications for invention patents, an annual increase of 3% and a second-year consecutive growth; 8,082 applications for design patents, which are just about the same from last year, and 17,910 for utility models, making a drop of 8%.
To assist businesses in learning more about the IPR regimes and practices in the major countries listed in the New Southbound Policy, TIPO recently collected information on the IPR regimes, practices, registration, and related procedures in question of six countries – the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Vietnam and Thailand.
Taiwan ranks 10th out of 180 economies around the world in the latest Index of Economic Freedom released Jan. 25 by Washington-based think tank The Heritage Foundation, marking its best ever result in the annual report.
A delegation of 36 major Taiwan firms and medical institutions took part in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit Jan. 18-20 in the western Indian state, according to the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).
The annual India-Taiwan Trade Forum was staged Jan. 15 in Taipei City, bringing together more than 150 business leaders and representatives from the two sides to explore new and enhanced commercial tie-ups.
Investments pledged for Taiwan grew about 25 percent from a year earlier in 2018, indicating the government's efforts to encourage foreign and local firms to invest paid off, Deputy Economic Affairs Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) said Wednesday.
Taiwan is ranked fourth among 50 major economies globally in the latest Profit Opportunity Recommendation report by U.S.-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence SA, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs Dec. 25.
Due to bad atmospheric diffusion conditions over the last few days, western Taiwan has suffered from bad air quality.
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a draft bill that is aimed mainly at addressing a shortage of mid-level technicians by attracting more foreign professionals.
Taiwan's Chinese National Federation of Industries signed six memorandums of understanding (MOU) with Filipino industry associations in Taipei Thursday and is looking for further opportunities for cooperation in the electronics, electric motorbike and plastics industries.
