On November 17, 2025, during the 15th Taiwan-Israel Economic and Technological Cooperation Conference, Taiwan and Israel signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs): one for launching the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH MOTTAINAI) program and another for bilateral cooperation on intellectual property.

The Taiwan-Israel PPH program will come into effect on January 2, 2026. Under this program, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) and the Israel Patent Office will be able to reduce duplication of work for the same invention applications by utilizing each other’s search and examination results, thereby helping applicants obtain patents more efficiently and facilitating global patent portfolio development.

Israel is Taiwan’s eighth PPH partner, following the United States, Japan, Spain, Korea, Poland, Canada, and France.

The MOU on IP cooperation will promote bilateral collaboration on information exchange, personnel training, and IP awareness. By leveraging Israel’s expertise in military technology, cybersecurity, medical technology, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence, together with Taiwan’s strength in semiconductors and ICT, both sides are expected to deepen cooperation in relation to intellectual property. 

(Summarized and translated from the News published on the TIPO’s website: https://www.tipo.gov.tw/tw/tipo1/891-65971.html )