12 Under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Members should ____the provisions of this Agreement within their own legal system and practice.
(A) be free to determine the appropriate method of implementing
(B) follow the specific methods of implementing
(C) on certain conditions follow the specific methods of implementing
(D) not implement

8 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, where the inventor’s ____is infringed, the inventor may request for necessary disposition(s) to have his/her name indicated or to restore the impaired reputation. (A) exclusive right to dispose as a whole (B) right to be restored as a whole (C) exclusive rights as such (D) right to be indicated as such

9 Under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, for the purposes of civil proceedings in respect of the infringement of the rights of the owner, if the subject matter of a patent is a process for obtaining a product, the judicial authorities should have the authority to order the____ to prove that the process to obtain an identical product is different from the patented process. (A) defendant (B) plaintiff (C) claimant (D) Specific Patent Agency

10 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, the Specific Patent Agency should assign a patent examiner to conduct the____of a patent application for invention. (A) substantive examination (B) substantial examination (C) authentic review (D) normative review

11 Under the provisions on____ , the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property provides that, as regards the protection of industrial property, each Contracting State must grant the same protection to nationals of other Contracting States that it grants to its own nationals. (A) most-favored national treatment (B) citizens’ treatment (C) most-favored-nation treatment (D) national treatment

13 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, a claimed utility model should be patented if, after____ , there is no event negating its patentability, and the claim(s) and the drawing(s) thereof shall be published. (A) familiarity test (B) formality examination (C) formula test (D) similarity examination

14 In accordance with the R.O.C. Patent Act, which one of following descriptions concerning “the purposing of enacting the Patent Act” and “types of patents” is true? (A) The Patent Act is enacted to encourage the creations of invention, utility model and design to promote industrial development. (B) The Patent Act is enacted to maintain industrial ethics and order in competition. (C) An “artistic work” is classified into a type of the term “patent” described in the Patent Act. (D) A “musical work” is classified into a kind of the term “patent” referred to in the Patent Act.

15 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, where the term of an invention patent has expired, the patent should become ____ . (A) an extinguisher (B) non-existed (C) extinguished (D) distinguished

16 Under the R.O.C. Patent Act, in case an infringement of invention patent occurs due to intentional act or negligence, the patentee may claim for____suffered therefrom. (A) property (B) damages (C) comprehension (D) complications

17 Which of the following descriptions about “duty of staff members and patent examiners” under the R.O.C. Patent Act is true? (A) While serving in the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, staff members shall receive any interests related to such patent indirectly for succession. (B) Patent examiners of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office are not required to keep confidential any design of an applicant which have been possessed by them in the course of performing their duties for interior uses. (C) Where, for a concerned patent case, the patent examiner’s spouse is the patentee, the patent examiner requires to exclude himself or herself. (D) Where, for a concerned patent case, the patent examiner is currently related to the invalidation requester by consanguinity within the ninth degree or by affinity within the eighth degree, the patent examiner needs to exclude himself or herself.

18 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which one of the following statements about “patent application” is wrong? (A) If the delay has exceeded one year after expiration of the statutory time period caused by natural calamity or other causes not attributable to the applicant, an application for reinstatement shall not be accepted. (B) Where an examination decision cannot be delivered, such decision shall be published in the Patent Gazette and deemed to have been delivered thirty days after publication. (C) Application for patent and other relevant proceedings may be electronically processed. (D) The duration of relevant time periods shall include the beginning date thereof.