8 To provide patent applicants with more comprehensive and flexible options for utilizing invention and design patents, thereby supporting enterprises in patent portfolio management and commercialization, starting January 1, 2025, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office implemented the “Directions for Deferral of Substantive Examination of Invention and Design Patent Applications”. Deferral means：
(A) Postponed
(B) Speed up
(C) Simplify
(D) Different

4 In Taiwan, the applicant whose invention involves green technologies may request AEP (Accelerated Examination Program) to ascertain its patentability at the earliest. In the above sentence, “ascertain” means: (A) Find out (B) Seclude (C) Expedite (D) Exclude

5 Which of the following transitional phrases in patent application excludes any element, step, or ingredient not specified in the claim? (A) Consisting of (B) Characterized by (C) Comprising (D) Including

6 Article 70 of the Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act states that in an administrative action concerning revocation of a patent right, the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court shall take into account any new evidence submitted on the same grounds for the revocation prior to the end of the oral argument, and the competent intellectual property authority shall provide written briefs in response to the new evidence in the preceding paragraph, indicating whether arguments provided by the opposing party concerning such new evidence have merit. “Merit” in the above article means: (A) Economic value (B) Legal significance (C) Matrimonial relationship (D) Unrebuttable evidence

7 Which of the following WIPO administrative treaties regulates the international classification for industrial designs? (A) Locarno Agreement (B) Nice Agreement (C) Strasbourg Agreement (D) Vienna Agreement

9 According to the R.O.C. Patent Act, which of the following statements regarding patent invalidation action is incorrect? (A) Where a patent contains more than one claim, an invalidation action may be filed against parts of the claims. (B) An invalidation statement shall not be modified or narrowed after filing. (C) Where there are multiple invalidation actions filed against the same patent, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, when necessary, may consolidate the invalidation proceedings of the said actions. (D) Where an invention patent is revoked finally and bindingly, the effect of patent right shall be deemed non-existent ab initio.

10 Article 72 of the R.O.C. Patent Act states that where the interested party possesses recoverable legal interests due to the revocation of a patent, such interested party may file an invalidation action after the said patent has become extinguished ipso facto.ipso facto means: (A) By the fact itself (B) Among others (C) Within the powers (D) From the office

11 “ABC Company (LICENSOR) will defend any claim, suit, or proceeding brought against XYZ Company (LICENSEE) and will pay any damages or court costs finally awarded against XYZ Company, or agreed to by ABC Company in settlement or compromise, to the extent such claim, suit, or proceeding is based on an allegation that the Licensed Patent under this Agreement, or the distribution or use thereof in accordance with this Agreement, infringes any patent right of unrelated third party provided that XYZ Company promptly notifies ABC Company of such claim, suit, or proceeding…” The above clause is generally referred to as: (A) Integration clause (B) Indemnification clause (C) Litigation clause (D) Notice clause

12 A _______ is an agreement where a patent holder agrees not to seek to enforce its patent or other intellectual property rights against another party or parties, sometimes used as patent infringement settlement agreements that are drafted with the purpose of preemptively resolving present and future infringement disputes. (A) nolo contendere agreement (B) non-compete agreement (C) non-assertion agreement (D) non-binding agreement

13 Article 9 of R.O.C. Patent Act states that an agreement concluded between an employer and an employee based on which the employee is precluded from enjoying legitimate rights and interests in respect of his/her invention, utility model, or design, shall be void. Void is synonymous with: (A) Null (B) Valid (C) Rescindable (D) Viable

14 “If after the Effective Date of this Agreement, ABC Company (LICENSOR) grants to any other third party, a patent license which is substantially the same scope as granted to XYZ Company (LICENSEE) herein but under more favorable royalty rates than those given to XYZ Company under this Agreement, ABC Company shall promptly notify XYZ Company of said more favorable royalty rates, and XYZ Company shall have the right and option to substitute such more favorable royalty rates for the royalty rates contained in this Agreement...” The above clause is generally referred to as: (A) Most-favored licensee clause (B) Lump-sum royalty clause (C) Advance royalty clause (D) Grant-back license clause