Intellectual Property
▍Trial Procedure for Intellectual Property Cases
In order to protect intellectual property rights, our country established the "Intellectual Property Court" on July 1, 2008, and then transformed it into the "Intellectual Property and Commercial Court" on July 1, 2021, and set up an Intellectual Property Panel to specifically handle cases that relate to intellectual property.
In accordance with Article 3 of the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court Organization Act, the Intellectual Property Panel hears first-instance and second-instance civil actions, first-instance criminal cases (only general trade- secret cases and national-security trade-secret cases), second-instance criminal cases, first-instance administrative actions and enforcement matters arising under the Patent Act, Trademark Act, Copyright Act, Optical Disc Management Act, Trade Secret Act, Integrated Circuit Layout Protection Act, Plant Variety and Seedling Act, or Fair Trade Act that relate to intellectual property rights, as well as other intellectual property cases that come under the jurisdiction of the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court in accordance with statutory provisions or as directed by the Judicial Yuan.
The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal for civil and criminal cases involving intellectual property rights. The Supreme Administrative Court is the final court of appeal for administrative actions relating to intellectual property rights.
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- Release Date : 2019-11-01
- Update : 2026-01-21