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- Taiwan Creative Content Fest hosted a Taipei session on cross-sector IP where IPis said books offer a cheaper way to find stories with readers and stage ticket sales can test demand before screen adaptations and products.
- IPis Innovation sold out three runs of “Marital Lost Love,” based on psychiatrist Deng Hui-wen’s book, then extended the play into a podcast and two fragrances.
- “Do You Still Love Me?” won five awards at TCCF Pitching in 2025, more than any other project that year, including the udnFunLife IP Potential Award; plans include brand partnerships, product placement, a “Love Battle” revival and the feature film “99 Days to Countdown.”
- “Siwei Street No. 1” is planned for a stage version and food events based on the Japanese colonial-era Taiwanese cookbook in Yang Shuang-zi’s novel, which follows five women sharing a house in Taichung; Japanese partners have shown interest in licensing or collaboration.
- TAICCA CEO Erica Wang said successful IP investments require profitability, stability and growth, and called for finding the formula for profitability through a “one source, multiple uses” approach.
- udnFunLife seeks priority rights for extensions, verifies adaptation and sequel rights and permissions for performers, characters and music, and weighs audience recognition, cost and timing before choosing a format.
- South Korea began adapting IP 30 years ago, a model IPis partly followed; Mimi Wang linked policies that brought fashion and electronics industries into cultural-product investment to the origin of the Korean Wave.
Why it matters: IPis has already tested the model with three sold-out runs of “Marital Lost Love,” two fragrances and a podcast; “Do You Still Love Me?” won five honors at TCCF Pitching in 2025. For rights holders and investors, the practical gain is a way to evaluate extensions through audience demand, available rights, cost and timing.
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