Taiwan trademark search

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How to search and register a trademark in Taiwan, from official sources. Signa has no records covering Taiwan yet.

Search the TIPO register

Trademark Search System (商標檢索系統) is Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs's own search tool.

Tool: Trademark Search System (商標檢索系統)
Search by: trademark text, similar text, similar design, image upload (beta), application or registration number, applicant or agent, non-traditional marks
Languages: Chinese
Free: Yes
Account required: No
Limits: Interface in Chinese only; covers TIPO's own register of pending, registered and refused marks; a new online application takes about 4 days (paper about 10 days) to appear.

Open the Trademark Search System; choose 簡易搜尋 (simple search) or 進階搜尋 (advanced search).
Pick a mode: 文字近似 (similar text), 圖形近似 (similar design), 以圖找圖 (search by image, beta), 案號 (case number), 申請人/代理人 (applicant or agent) or 非傳統商標 (non-traditional marks).
Enter the mark text and press search; filter results by case status (pending or registered, valid or invalid) and by class of goods and services.
The system shows up to 1,000 results per search.

What TIPO requires, as the official sources below state it.

How to file: National application at TIPO (paper or e-filing)
Filing languages: Chinese
Local representative required for applicants abroad: Yes
Several classes in one application: Yes
Classification: Nice Classification
Application fee: Filing fee NT$3,000 per class (Classes 1 to 34: plus NT$200 per designated good over 20 in the class; Class 35: plus NT$500 per retail service of specific goods over 5); e-filing reduces it by NT$300 per application, and by NT$300 more per class when only recommended terms are used; registration fee NT$2,500 per class
Renewal fee: NT$4,000 per class for a trademark or collective trademark
Fees as of: 2025-06-18 (TWD)
Opposition: 3 months from the day following the date of publication of registration (post-registration)
Term: 10 years from the registration date, renewable for 10 years at a time
Non-use: Open to cancellation after 3 years without use

Taiwan is not a WIPO member state and is not in the Madrid Union, so an international registration cannot cover Taiwan; protection requires a direct application to TIPO.
Applicants with no domicile or business establishment in Taiwan must appoint an agent to apply for registration and other procedures, and the agent must have a domicile in Taiwan (Trademark Act, Article 6).
The 10-year term runs from the date of publication of the registration (Trademark Act, Article 33).

International

Taiwan is not a member of the Madrid Protocol, so an international registration through WIPO cannot designate it.

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Sources

Checked 2026-11-12.