TIPLO Taiwan International Patent & Law Office was founded in 1965 by M. S. Lin and a group of professional legal and technical associates specializing in intellectual property rights. Over four decades of evolution characterizes TIPLO as one of the largest and most reliable intellectual property law firms in Taiwan with diversified expertise to encompass IP as well as general legal services provided by a full service law firm. TIPLO is conveniently located in the heart of the modern office building area of Taipei, occupying more than 7,800M2 of office space. TIPLO now maintains two IBM AS/400 computer systems with more than 300 LAN connected PC terminals. With the firm’s successful computerization launched in 1984, TIPLO’s business operation is substantially conducted and accurately monitored under the sophisticated computerized management system. TIPLO is staffed by over 240 full-time members*. Our members comprise multilingual professionals fluent in English, Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese and other languages.
Patent Department
Intellectual property has long been TIPLO’s major practice area. The firm provides services for patent related matters such as prosecuting applications (including: patent claims drafting, translation, preparing and filing applications, arranging interviews with Examiners and communicating with the competent authorities orally or in writing, patent searches and investigations, etc.), invalidation and cancellation proceedings for patents, infringement related matters involving infringement assessment, patent validity appraisal and patent mapping. Our patent engineers and attorneys have an average age of around forty and career length of more than ten years with expertise and experience covering a wide range of technical backgrounds including electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, applied chemistry, biochemical engineering, molecular biology, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, semi-conductor, computer technology and other emerging areas.
Legal Department
As one of the most diversified and well-staffed law firms in Taiwan, TIPLO provides legal services encompassing civil and criminal litigation, unfair competition, corporate investment, administrative petitioning, finances, securities, insurance, international trade and dispute resolution, arbitration, licensing negotiation, contract & transactions, labor law and real estate law, patent, trademark and copyright infringement matters involving investigation, infringement assessment, police raids and full-scale litigation for infringement carried out in agile coordination with our colleagues in the patent and trademark departments. Our proficiency in IP enforcement and corporate legal matters has been highly recognized by both the law enforcement institutes of all levels and the industry, and has reinforced TIPLO as the most effective law firm representing the interest of its clients.
Trademark Department
Trademark prosecution and disputes resolution have long been TIPLO’s feature merits since it was founded in 1965. Experienced lawyers and legal practitioners are involved in TIPLO’s trademark services so prosecution of each application and resolution of trademark related disputes both are steered under highly proficient legal sense and practical business perspectives. With our own comprehensive patent and trademark databases tracking all of Taiwan’s published patents and trademarks, TIPLO’s professionals are able to fine-tune each trademark application to its best caliber against all possible odds. TIPLO’s trademark expertise covers all aspects of trademark matters, including trademark search, as prosecution for registration, appeals, oppositions, invalidation and cancellation procedures, and relevant legal services involving investigation, infringement assessment, coordination of police raids and full-scale litigation.
Proficiency and Loyalty
In TIPLO, we value relations with our clients and associates. We sincerely hope that all of our clients and associates will continue to appreciate TIPLO’s initiative and efforts to optimize our services in the best interest of the clients.
We are a local, full-service law firm serving clients in Taiwan and a global law firm serving client’s in every major commercial and financial center of the world
A Truly Global Law Firm with Local Perspective
Baker & McKenzie is a diverse, global law firm committed to excellence in service to clients. As one of more than 60 offices providing seamless worldwide legal services, the scope of Baker & McKenzie Taipei’s legal practice is broad and the experience, knowledge and resources our Firm offers are unrivaled.
Voted as the 2008 International Law Firm of the Year and the leading law firm in Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, Baker & McKenzie offers superior service to domestic and multinational clients in every aspect of commercial law, as well as domestic civil and criminal litigation. More than 3,600 Baker & McKenzie lawyers in 38 countries, including many emerging markets, operate with proficiency and confidence across cultures, time zones and legal systems.
With nearly 60 Taiwan-licensed lawyers and 20 foreign-licensed counsel, Baker & McKenzie-Taipei is one of Taiwan’s largest and most respected law firms. The breadth of knowledge and experience of our lawyers in Taiwan and the global resources of our Firm enable us to fulfill our commitments to our clients and our community.
A Full-Service Patent Program to Protect Your Innovation
We live in world where piracy and counterfeiting are epidemic. In today’s competitive global markets, the theft of intellectual assets is both tempting and profitable. More than ever, it is essential not only to protect your patent and other IP rights, but to use them innovatively to maintain a competitive edge.
Baker & McKenzie-Taipei can help you identify, manage and protect your inventions. From preparing and managing patent applications before Taiwan’s Intellectual Property Office, to coordinating patent prosecutions on a worldwide basis, Baker & McKenzie patent lawyers can secure and enforce your patent rights.
Baker & McKenzie can help you maintain your market position by taking swift and effective action against violators who seek to erode you innovations. Our patent lawyers and agents have unparalleled experience in complex patent disputes, including infringements, invalidations and oppositions, scope of claims, reissuance and reexamination, ownership, and other matters. With more than 300 IP lawyers in Taiwan and other jurisdictions, Baker & McKenzie has the capability to seamlessly coordinate patent disputes on a multi-jurisdictional basis.
Baker & McKenzie Taipei provides full licensing and transactional services for developing, acquiring, disposing, or licensing your intellectual asset. We can also help you keep up with changing laws and border requirements.
Experience and Knowledge in Diverse Technologies and Practice
Baker & McKenzie-Taipei’s 16 patent professionals are lawyers, engineers, physicists, pharmaceutical and medical professionals, and bio-technologists. Our legal patent professionals have a wealth of experience in the patent licensing, enforcement, and/or defense in Taiwan, China, the United States, and the European Union.
Howrey, a global law firm with more than 650 attorneys and other professionals, focuses on high-stakes, complex Antitrust, Global Litigation and Intellectual Property matters. Howrey combines unparalleled litigation and trial strength with exceptional focus to provide clients with innovative business solutions to complex global issues.
Seventeen offices strategically located across the globe - in Washington, D.C.; New York; Houston; Chicago; Salt Lake City; Northern Virginia; Northern California (San Francisco and East Palo Alto); Southern California (Los Angeles and Irvine); London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Madrid, Munich, and Taipei – that allow the firm to bring together the world's most talented legal, economic, financial, regulatory, scientific and other experts to provide innovative and effective representation for clients.
Howrey’s Intellectual Property (IP) practice is one of the largest and most renowned IP practices in the world. In 2006 we were ranked as #1 U.S. IP Firm by Managing Intellectual Property. With more than 200 IP professionals, including attorneys, patent agents and scientific advisors, Howrey has the depth and breadth of legal and technical expertise to provide IP services of the highest quality globally.
Jones Day opened its Taipei Office in 1990 to meet the fast-growing needs of the Firm’s international and Taiwanese clients. Since that time, the Taipei Office has advised many Asian, U.S., and European businesses and individuals in connection with their investments, acquisitions, joint ventures, intellectual property, financings, securities offerings, and dispute resolution matters in and outside of Taiwan.
Lawyers in the Taipei Office are fully qualified to practice both Taiwan and U.S. law. Most of them are mul-tilingual (Mandarin Chinese and/ or Taiwanese and English) and are experienced in Taiwan and foreign transactions. The Taipei Office regularly advises clients on a wide range of Taiwan legal issues, as well as on U.S. and other international legal matters.
Intellectual property is one of the substantial practices of the Taipei Office. The Taipei Office is in a nexus of IP disputes. Taiwan is home jurisdiction to many global technology manufacturers and startups in semiconductors, computers, electronic contract manufacturing, IC design, and liquid crystal displays. U.S. and mainland China, being the largest two trading partners with Taiwan, are often jurisdictions in which IP disputes involving Taiwanese companies are adjudicated. Because of the Firm’s unique and unparalleled “One Firm Worldwide” platform, and the domestic and US-qualified legal talent it embraces, the Taipei office is instrumental in asserting and defending patents and IP rights in the US, Taiwan and mainland China, often working side-by-side with offices in other jurisdictions. As part of the Firm’s greater China practice, the Taipei office is an integral part of the fast-growing IP practice in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China. Our fully integrated global IP practice has achieved the sharing and transferring of know-hows, talents, and experiences in IP among our offices in different jurisdictions to resolve any new challenges in these jurisdictions to best service our clients in the world.
Wenfei Attorneys-at-Law (“Wenfei Law”), an independent Swiss law firm with offices and cooperations in Zurich, Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei, provides legal counseling and assistance in all fields of corporate and commercial law as well as dispute resolution for SMEs and large international companies doing business in Greater China. Present in Greater China since the 1990s, Wenfei Law was originally organized as the China Department of Wenger & Vieli, which has a long history and a solid position as one of Switzerland’s major law firms.
