ABOUT DEEP & FAR

Business Overview

Currently, our firm’s service portfolio comprises approximately 80% patents, 10% trademarks, and 10% legal disputes. We are widely regarded as the top provider of high-quality intellectual property services in Taiwan, with our professional standards yet to be seriously questioned or challenged. We confidently claim to be the most capable and conscientious firm in the industry.

Indeed, in one of the most prominent and long-standing IP-related legal battles in Taiwan — the “No-Cut Tape” case between Global Integrated Industrial Co., Ltd. and Asia Chemical Corporation & Sze Wei Co., Ltd., which has been ongoing since 1971 and involves a principal dispute amounting to NT$400 million — our firm was ultimately entrusted with the final resolution. It is perhaps no coincidence, but rather fate, that this case should end in our hands.

Current Industry Situation

Although intellectual property is often referred to as an emerging and vital field, public understanding remains limited. The work itself tends to be solitary and document-intensive, often lacking glamour. Moreover, top talents from popular fields such as electronics and electrical engineering tend to favor careers in industry rather than in IP practice. As a result, it is not easy to find individuals willing to dedicate themselves long-term to this profession.

This talent gap partly explains why many companies, both past and present, prefer to incur higher costs by hiring foreign patent attorneys to draft their specifications. After all, a single expensive yet effective patent is far more valuable than a multitude of cheap but useless ones. The frustration and helplessness felt by these companies are deeply understood by our firm. Two questions arise: First, is our quality not on par with that of foreign providers? And second, why bear additional expenses and logistical burdens to seek services abroad when equal or better options are available locally?

Future Outlook

Thanks to our firm’s unwavering commitment and the resulting pressure it places on peers, the overall IP environment and quality in Taiwan have been slowly but steadily improving. We are pleased to see other firms making progress as well.

In short, our ambition to lead the domestic profession — and even to contribute to the advancement of global patent practices — remains undiminished.