To expedite obtaining your trademark registration by the “Fast-Track” system

【Tips for Trademark in Taiwan】

If using the standard identification issued by TIPO is acceptable, the new trademark application may be accelerated for 1.5 months to be examined. Thus, we suggest that foreign applicants identified their goods or service on the standard identification list issued by TIPO as possible.

Foreign applicants usually provide English identifications which are needed to be translated into Chinese when filing. If the meaning of standard Chinese identification can sufficiently cover the original English identification, the applicant may request its Taiwan trademark agent to translate it as the same. Thus, the new trademark application may enjoy early examination.

However, if the new application would claim priority, it is necessary to ensure the Chinese standard identification translation does not exceed the meaning scope of the English original identification.

TIPO’s “Fast-Track Trademark Examination Program” was fully implemented on May 1, 2021. Filing a “Fast Track” application is not necessary to pay additional fees but only needs to comply with 5 requirements as follows:

1. All identifications are chosen from the standard identifications listed in the e-filing system

2. Filing the new trademark application by TIPO’s e-filing system

3. Paying the government fees through certain electronic ways when filing

4. Submitting POA simultaneously when filing

5. Only traditional plane trademark device is adaptable.

Thus, if the standard identifications are acceptable to the applicant, the applicant may have the opportunity to obtain the trademark registration by 1.5 months early.