1 September 2013PatentsJessica Chen and Peggy Wu.

Getting up to speed: changes to the Taiwan Patent Act

Following much expectation by foreign, domestic and government institutions, companies and entities, on January 1, 2013, the revised Taiwan Patent Act (2011) came into force.

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