Intellectual Property Right - Yuanta Financial Holdings

智慧財產權知识产权 Intellectual Property Rights

管理計劃管理计划 Management Plans 執行情形执行情形 Enforcement 執行成果执行成果 Achievement

In order to promote innovation in financial products and business models, the Company is actively enhancing its innovation capabilities by integrating cross-departmental research and development (R&D) momentums through its Digital Development Division. In order to provide customers with quality user experience and attentive services, the Company has been committed to financial technology innovation in recent years and actively creating intellectual property management plans.

Reporting to the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors evaluates and supervises the performance of the Company’s intellectual property operational direction to ensure the implementation of the plans and the establishment of an intellectual property management system. The Company has submitted a report to the 17th meeting of the 9th session (July 26, 2023) of the Board of Directors on matters relating to intellectual property.

Patent Management

Technology development by the R&D unit and assistance in patent application through an external patent office
Providing superior customer experience through FinTech service scope for digital financial and automation services
Conducting annual stocktake of the Group’s patent application status and formulating strategies to align with operational objectives
Training the staff’s professional skills and encouraging R&D to effectively promote innovation, progress, and development

Trademark Management

Protecting the fairness and stability of the Company’s competition in the marketplace and enhancing the identification of products or services offered
Avoiding confusion and misunderstanding by customers, protecting the Company’s trademark rights and the interests of consumers, and preventing unfair competition
The acquisition of trademark rights allows the Company to exclude others from using the same or similar trademarks that infringe on the Company, and recognizes the quality of the Company’s financial products and services

Establishing the Intellectual Property Management Guidelines and Enforcement Rules for Patent and Trademark Cases

In order to establish a complete and sound environment for the protection of intellectual property rights and to improve the Company’s management policy on the acquisition, protection, maintenance, and application of intellectual property rights, on August 19, 2020, Yuanta Financial Holding Company Limited completed the Intellectual Property Rights Management Guidelines.

In order to promote the protection of intellectual property as an important asset of the Company, the Patent Rights Management Rules of Yuanta Financial Holding Company Limited was completed on August 31, 2020, and the Trademark Rights Management Rules of Yuanta Financial Holding Company Limited was completed on September 8, 2020, and the Company shall comply with the provisions of the Rules in carrying out its business.

All Five Subsidiaries Have Passed TIPS (Class A) Certification

In order to implement the intellectual property management work, cooperate with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Management System (TIPS) validation promoted by the Institute for Information Industry (III), and continue to improve management with the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle, the five subsidiaries of Yuanta Financial Holding Company (FHC), namely, Yuanta Securities, Yuanta Futures, Yuanta Bank, Yuanta Life, and Yuanta Funds, all passed the TIPS (Class A) certification . Yuanta Securities’ and Yuanta Futures’ certificates are valid from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024, and Yuanta Bank’s, Yuanta Life’s and Yuanta Funds’ certificates are valid from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025.

Number of Subsidiary Patent

子公司專利申請數量子公司专利申请数量 Number of Subsidiary Patent Applications

123

Securities

Bank

Life

Funds

Futures

全球商標申請占比全球商标申请占比 Percentage of Global Trademark Applications

Taiwan

East Asia

China(including Hong Kong)

Europe and America