Trademark can be words, graphics, and 3D design that are identifiable. Trademark rights are granted on a first-come first-served basis in Taiwan. The applicant should file an application with the Intellectual Property Office, and it takes approximately six to eight months to process the application. If approved, the applicant should pay the registration fee to obtain the trademark right for one to ten years. Prior to expiration of the trademark, the applicant should consider applying for an extension for ten years.

Patents are divided into invention patents, utility model patents, and design patents, with exclusive rights of twenty years, ten years, and fifteen years granted by the patent, respectively. It takes approximately eighteen months to process an application of invention patent, and six months to process utility model or design patents. The applicant can draw up his/her patent plan according to the core technology, product functions, and product appearance. Once approved, the patent holder can exclude other people from using the same technology, functionality, or design.

The author should record the start date, revision date, completion date, and other important files and data in the creation process to state his claim as the copyright holder in case of litigation. If the author and copyright holder are not the same, copyright transfer should be contracted and sealed to affirm the copyright holdership.

Upon the granting of intellectual property rights, rights transfer, trademark licensing, technology analysis, patent appraisal, infringement comparison, and contingent litigation may be derived. In case of litigation at the Intellectual Property Court, the process of collecting evidence, preparatory proceeding, evidence proceeding and judgment proceeding takes approximately twenty-four months. If the defendant chooses to appeal, the litigation process can be extended to three to five years. Therefore, when applying for intellectual property rights, the applicant is advised to consider application of multiple types across different countries to shorten the processing time and reduce the chances of going through the litigation process.

One single case can cover multiple processes pertaining to trademark, patent, and copyright. The traditional way of unicolor filing is inefficient in identifying case content and tracking case progress. we customize our files in different colors to expedite case identification process and improve our efficiency in case handling. Our staff are close to perfection in case archival and retrieval to achieve efficacy, accuracy, and convenience.

The Intellectual Property Court qualifies three essential elements of trade secrets: secrecy, economy, and protection. Secrecy means only authorized personnel has access to particular trade secrets, for instance, accounting spreadsheet by chief accountant and sales report by the head of sales. Economy is defined by information of commercial value such as quotation reports and customer records and of technology value such as research and development reports and composition formulas. In terms of protection, the company should set out the filing process of important documents and designate a specific person to control the storage and access of those files to comply with the relevant regulations.

The term of appointing the legal consultant for intellectual property rights with FLYING Intellectual Property Law Office is 3 years. Services include legal opinions, drafting and revision of contacts and attest letters. Legal instruments are written in Traditional Chinese. Translation into Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and other languages, and legal documents for mediation and litigation, are separately quoted.