Yes, I’m doing it through his company.
Thing is I wouldn’t be filing anything in Taiwan, but maybe it’s best to take the exam anyway just to be safe?
I saw that this was covered in Article 3 of the Patent Act, which says that non-citizens can do the exam.
I think here though you’d need to look into the requirements for these professional exams in Taiwan. I don’t know whether this particular one is only in Chinese, but I would assume that it’s relating specifically to Taiwanese patents, and IIUC most of these professional/technical exams have a ton of rules associated with them (e.g., training and experience requirements, multiple levels, and I think limited places) — I don’t think it’s as simple as just sitting an exam based on your experience elsewhere.
Yeah, under article 32 it says you’re allowed to do the following without a licence.
- Matters involving patent infringement assessment;
- Matters involving patent consultation; and
- Other patent operations prescribed in accordance with the Patent Act and other relevant laws and regulations.
I don’t know if drafting an application counts as consultation or not.
My concern would be less so your skill set on the art, and mostly your mandarin fluency and fluency in taiwanese legal realms. What I see a lot is consultants getting sued, or threatened to be sued, and shit fights go through court because no one was actually checking the contracts carefully.
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I think it would be helpful if those who want to know simply checked out the website mentioned on the card.
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except that’s a CPA card and not the famous lawyer
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Right, the question probably was regarding Marcos other card, the famous lawyer one. Also that law firm has a website that answers those questions.
There might be a problem with retention of patent examiners. I can’t say I know much about this situation. But I’m guessing that at least part of the reason is that many move to private practice, as a patent professional with experience as an examiner would be in high demand. And of course, the pay would be better with such a move.
It’s mostly because it’s a rote job.