In the light of the importance of international cooperation on
industrial property in supporting the development of industry,
technology and the economy, the British Trade and Cultural offi-
ce in Taipei and the Taipei Representative Office in the United
Kingdom, acting on behalf of the relevant authorities in the Un-
ited Kingdom and Taiwan respectively, hereby establish the arra-
ngement set out below :
1.The relevant authorities of each side will accept that any na-
tural or legal person of Taiwan or the United Kingdom, who has
filed an application for a patent or for the registration of
an industrial design in the United Kingdom or an application
for an invention patent, utility model,or design patent in Ta-
iwan or an application for a patent, including the various ki-
nds of industrial patents recognised by their respective laws,
in a country which is a party to the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property or a member of the World Tr-
ade Organization and also has a reciprocal priority arrangeme-
nt with Taiwan on or after 20 March 2000, or his successor in
title, will enjoy, for the purpose of filing with authorities
of the other side, a right of priority. Each authority will a-
ct in accordance with Article 4 of the Paris Convention for t-
he Protection of Industrial Property for the purpose of imple-
menting this provision.
2.The relevant authorities of each side will receive applicatio-
ns for patents and accordingly grant patents for inventions r-
elating to new micro-organisms when filed by any natural or l-
egal person of Taiwan or the United Kingdom, as the case may
be.
3.The relevant authorities of each side will recognise for the
purpose of patent disclosure, micro-organisms deposited in ac-
cordance with the relevant provisions applicable in the United
Kingdom or Taiwan, as the case may be. The authorities in the
United Kingdom will recognise micro-organisms deposited in any
institution, which at all relevant times darries out the func-
tions of receiving, accepting and storing micro-organisms and
the furnishing of samples thereof in an objective and imparti-
al manner. The authorities in Taiwan will recognise micro-org-
anisms deposited in any deposit institute designated or recog-
nised by the patent authority.
4.The relevant authorities of each side will extend the protect-
ion conferred by a patent for certain technologies for a maxi-
mum of 5 years after the expiry of the normal, full term of t-
hat patent in accordance with the relevant provisions applica-
ble in the United Kingdom or Taiwan, as the case may be. In t-
he United Kingdom such extensions shall be granted as Supplem-
entary Protection Certificates under Council Regulation (EEC)
No. 1768/92 for medicinal products and Council Regulation (EEC
) No. 1610/96 for plant protection products. In Taiwan such e-
xtensions shall be granted in accordance with Article 51 of t-
he Patent Law for pharmaceutical and pesticide inventions.
5.This arrangement will come into effect on signature.
6.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, h-
ave signed this arrangement.

DONE at Taipei on 20 March 2000 in duplicate in Chinese and Eng-
lish languages, both texts having equal validity.

For the British. Trade and For the Taipei
Cultural Office Representative Office