Taiwan and Korea ink MOU on Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents for Design Patent Applications

E211115Y1 Dec. 2021(E265)
 On November 12, 2021, Taiwan and Korea signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Electronic Exchange of Priority Document (PDX) for Design Patent, subsequent to the Taiwan-Japan collaboration on the Design Patent Priority Document Exchange beginning from 2019.  The cooperation between the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office will make it more convenient for applicants from both countries to claim priority for design patent applications.  

 Priority documents are important documents required for cross-border patent applications.  In response to the extensive use of the PDX program under the Memorandum of Understanding on the Exchange of Industrial Property Information and the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents which was signed by and between Taiwan and Korea in 2015 and applies to invention and utility model patent applications, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office decided to include the exchange of priority documents for design patent applications in the PDX program. Once the documents exchange program for design patent applications is implemented, it will save applicants’ time in mailing paper copies, simplify cross-country application procedures, and make the priority documents exchange mechanism more comprehensive and integral.
 
 The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office will proceed to system development and testing.  The schedule planned by the two offices points out the expected official launch of the PDX program for design patent applications in July 2023 so as to provide more convenient examination services to the applicants of both countries.  (Released 2021.11.15) 
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