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IP/N/1/TPKM/P/18  
 
2 December  2022 
(22-8988)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU :  
ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE PATENT ACT  
Notifying Member  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN , PENGHU , KINMEN AND MATSU 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Enforcement Rules of the Patent Act  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/TPKM/22_8066_00_e.pdf  
https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/TPKM/22_8066_00_x.pdf  
 
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/TPKM/27, IP/N/1/TPKM/P/15  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The key points of the amendments to Articles 67 and 80 of the Enforcement Rules of the Patent Act 
include the following:  
 
1.  When requesting for recordation of pledge establishment of a patent right, the patentee or 
the pledgee is exempt from providing a  patent certificate, streamlining the administrative process.  
 
2.  Under circumstances when there are changes to the particulars in the patent certificate, the 
patentee may file an application for a replacement or re -issuance. When the Specific Patent Agen cy 
replaces or reissues a new patent certificate, the nullification of the original patent certificate shall 
be published in the Patent Gazette.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Chinese  
Entry into force  20 October 2022  
Other date    IP/N/1/TPKM/36 • IP/N/1/TPKM/P/18  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  24 November 2022  
Other information  Please refer to the website of the Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) of the 
Ministry of Economic Affairs to get more information about Enforcement 
Rules of the Patent Act  
 
Website:    http://www.tipo.gov.tw  
Contact email address:  ipogp@tipo.gov.tw  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ministry of Economic Affairs  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  