We are pleased to  advise you of the recent information announced by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) regarding the electronic trademark certificates. In order to enhance the digital technology services and achieve the energy saving and carbon reduction effects, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) will begin issuing electronic trademark certificates on January 1, 2023. The said electronic certificates including the TIPO’s exclusive digital signature can hardly be forged and will be more conveniently authenticated. Considering that some trademark owners are still used to paper certificates, the TIPO will still provide applicants with the option to order the certificates in electronic or paper format at the initial stage of the implementing the electronic certificate system. The format and text of either the electronic certificate

In order to improve the convenience of online trademark application, the Office has re-planned the system operation process and interface. Through the guided design, users can complete the application in 5 steps. The new version of the system will be officially available from February 15, 2022. For external services, priority is given to providing three application forms for the most commonly used 2D trademark applications, corrections and withdrawals. It is expected to gradually expand the application forms for color, sound, three-dimensional trademarks, device mark applications, divisional applications, and applications for change prior to registration in the second half of the year, to comprehensively improve the convenience of online trademark application. The new version of the system supports cross-browsers and mobile devices, and has many new

In response to the amendments to the Nice Classification, 11th Edition-Version 2022 of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Classification of Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement, TIPO synchronously updated the “Concordance List of Corresponding Similar Group Codes for Taiwanese-Japanese-Nice Classification of Goods and Services, 11th Edition-Version 2022”, applicants are welcome to use it as a reference for filing applications for trademark registration. Source: Intellectual Property Office