Taiwan Courts to Introduce AI-Assisted Judgment Drafting

To alleviate the workload of judges and enhance the efficiency of trials, the Judicial Yuan (Taiwan’s judicial authority) has commissioned Chunghwa ...

Recent developments in Taiwan’s trade secrets protection regime

In recent years, trade secret infringement cases have continually popped up in Taiwan’s news media. In one example, Ability Opto-electronics Technol...

Exploring statistics at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court: part IV administrative litigation

Having highlighted some interesting statistics regarding civil judgements rendered by the Intellectual Property Court (“IP Court”) in the previou...

Exploring statistics at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court: part III civil litigation

In this part of our report (previous parts one and two are here), we look at civil judgments rendered by the Intellectual Property Court (“IP Co...

Enforcing foreign judgments in Taiwan

In June 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a U.S. $439 million judgment against Taiwan-based technology company Q...

Exploring statistics at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court: part II litigation

After taking a look at the caseload of Taiwan’s Intellectual Property Court (“IP Court”) in part one, we now focus on the number of litigation ...

Exploring statistics at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court: part I overview

Since its inception in 2008, the Intellectual Property Court (“IP Court”) has heard thousands of civil, criminal and administrative actions concer...

Key points to know when engaging in civil disputes in Taiwan

Litigation in Taiwan can be costly and complex. Before filing a claim, potential foreign plaintiffs need to understand pre-filing steps such as attach...