2020년 9월 1일, 대만 지혜재산국(TIPO)은 한국 특허청(KIPO)과 지난 8월 체결한 ‘미생물 기탁에 관한 상호 인정 양해각서(MOU)'

Medical devices had long been regulated under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act as an incidental part of drugs. With the rapid growth of domestic medical device industry, this practice was increasingly criticized as being out of date.

The PIF system employed in the new law was modeled after the EU counterpart.