25 January, 2008
2007 Enforcement Statistics Released
The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office released its 2007 statistics this month for IPR Police intellectual property enforcement:
| Overall Infringement Cases Identified: | 2,280 |
| Trademark Infringement: | 1,193 |
| Copyright Infringement: | 1,087 |
| Online Infringement: | 1,791 |
| Brick and Mortar: | 172 |
| Night Markets: | 155 |
| Marketing: | 8 |
| Manufacturing: | 6 |
| Others: | 148 |
The figures reflect the overall trend that we have seen in the market for the last few years – the sale of infringing products has moved into the online market place while the manufacturing of such products has moved offshore to "friendlier" jurisdictions.
For more information about this topic, please contact Christine Chen at 886-2311-2345 ext. 307.
