Patent Amendments ©(Part II of II)

Taiwan IP Updates ĄV June 2025

By Lyndon

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Taiwan Firms Adopt Nvidia’s Latest IP

MediaTek and Alchip Technologies, two of Taiwan’s premier technology companies, are among the first companies to adopt Nvidia’s latest chip connectivity solution, NVLink Fusion. NVLink Fusion enables chipmakers to connect their processors with Nvidia’s GPUs using the same high-speed interconnect technology that powers Nvidia’s own hardware in order to accelerate the development of faster, more flexible systems. For Nvidia, this marks a significant shift for the company, which has traditionally kept its advanced interconnect technology exclusive to its own ecosystem, opening the door for outside semiconductor firms to build integrated, high performance systems. This technology allows GPUs to operate as a unified, powerful system rather than as discrete components. Early adopters of NVLink Fusion include Taiwan’s MediaTek and Alchip, alongside Marvell, Astera Labs, Synopsys, and Cadence. MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai said the company aims to develop custom application–specific ICs that integrate Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion technology. NVLink Fusion is a high-speed fabric architecture designed to enable efficient cooperation between multiple processors – whether CPUs, GPUs, or custom AI chips. To function seamlessly across different vendors’ chips, participants must ensure their designs meet NVLink Fusion’s requirements for data transfer, timing, power management, and packaging. Alchip specializes in high-performance AI infrastructure application-specific ICs and custom chip design, offering design platforms for 2nm and 3nm chip technologies. According to the company, it provides expertise in creating AI accelerators and custom chips that can be physically and electrically integrated into NVLink Fusion-based systems. Alchip’s experience with 2.5D and 3D chip stacking supports the complex multi-die systems NVLink Fusion enables. Its design flow addresses critical challenges such as power integrity, power grid architecture, data transfer across power domains, thermal management, simulation, and synchronization among individual chiplets or dies. Mediatek’s role in the expanding field of AI will undoubtedly lead to an increase in patent applications.

TIPO-INPI Patent Prosecution Highway Program Launched in July, 2025

The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program between the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) and the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) was launched on July 1, 2025. The PPH program allows patent offices to share search and examination results, thereby reducing duplication of work, enhancing examination efficiency, and improving patent quality. The Taiwan-France PPH will support enterprises in obtaining patents more quickly and strengthening their global IP portfolios. Since launching its first PPH program with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2011, the TIPO has established PPH partnerships with Japan, Spain, Korea, Poland, and Canada. France has now become Taiwan’s seventh PPH partner. According to the TIPO’s statistics, the average disposal pendency for PPH cases in Taiwan in 2024 was 4.4 months, i.e. significantly shorter than the average of 14.15 months and demonstrating a substantial improvement in examination efficiency. Director General Cheng-wei Liao remarked that France is a key trade and economic partner for Taiwan in Europe, with bilateral trade amounting to USD 6.538 billion dollars. The Taiwan-France PPH cooperation aims to create a more favorable environment for cross-border patent filings, enabling enterprises to obtain patents faster and gain a competitive edge in the market. The TIPO and the INPI will continue to deepen their cooperation and expand exchanges in the future to foster industrial development.

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