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About

TOP TEAM International Patent & Trademark Office (TOPTEAM) is one of the largest and most reputable specialty IP firms in Taiwan. With a staff of over 180, the firm provides services in all aspects of IP rights protection and has helped its clients secure tens of thousands of IP rights in Taiwan, the US, Europe, Japan, and other major markets, since 1985.

TOPTEAM is well-known for its capabilities of patent drafting as well as worldwide patent prosecution. Each year, more than 3,000 patent applications filed in Taiwan and abroad, covering various high tech sectors.

TOPTEAM has built a strong reputation in the areas of chemicals, specialty materials, bio-tech, pharma, mechanical and industrial designs. The firm’s core service team is made of over 70 professionals, including 30 patent attorneys, agents, and attorneys at law, from diverse technical backgrounds.

Our proven expertise, practice experiences, and work ethic enable us to assist clients in handling complex cases, challenging situations, and delicate issues.

On top of the outstanding prosecution performance, our services in support of other IPR aspects are equally powerful. We advise on IP strategy planning, from filing, licensing, trade secret managing, company IP management, to dispute resolution proceedings.

TOPTEAM also specializes in design strategy. In addition to the filing strategy for clients’ design applications in various countries, our firm also helps European and US clients plan their design filing strategies for relevant matters in Taiwan.

TOPTEAM’s trademark department is led by knowledgeable and skilled attorneys with substantial civil and administrative litigation expertise. This enables us to draw up a commercially sensible and cost-effective solution with clients seeking practical advice on trademark portfolio management and enforcement, online brand protection, and taking adequate measures to curb infringements of any sort.

Our attorneys also counsel on copyright law issues in a wide variety of fields. Image licensing is one of our fortes.

At TOPTEAM, we genuinely listen to clients’ need and concerns, and team up together to safeguard their brand identity, reputation and market distinction connected to their marks. We work with businesses of various scales, from start-ups, and SMEs through world leading companies, across electronics, IC design, energy, entertainment, sporting goods, clothing, internet markets, online food ordering, and the press, among other industry sectors.

Languages

  • English
  • Chinese
  • Japanese

Memberships

  • Taiwan Patent Attorneys Association (TWPAA)
  • Taiwan Trademark Association (TAA)
  • Taiwan Bar Association (TWBA)
  • Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle (AIPPI)
  • Licensing Executives Society Chinese Taipei (LESCT)

Staffing Figures

  • 28 Number of Patent Attorneys and Agents
  • 3 Number of Attorneys at Law
  • 70 Number of Patent Engineers
  • 185 Number of Staff