Decree-Law No. 551 Pertaining to the Protection of Patent Rights and Decree-Law No. 554 Pertaining to the Protection of Industrial Designs have been amended effective as of 10 June 2010. Some infringement acts have been removed from the articles of the said decree-laws and accordingly, such acts are no longer deemed as infringements of patent rights.

Furthermore, there have been various minor amendments to the relevant articles of "The Implementing Regulation under Decree-Law No. 544" and "The Implementing Regulation under Decree-Law No. 554" outlining the required documents for various applications.