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Amendments to Trade Secrets Act proposed


The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office ("TIPO") has recently held a series of public hearings on proposed amendments to Taiwan’s Trade Secrets Act ...

June 6, 2017

Taiwan constitutional court issues decision on marriage equality


Taiwan's constitutional court today issued Interpretation 748 holding that Book IV Chapter II (marriage) of the Taiwan Civil Code is unconstitutional ...

May 24, 2017

Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor further clarifies new leave rules


Since amendments to Taiwan’s Labor Standards Act (the “LSA”) came into force in December 2016, both employees and employers have often found the...

May 22, 2017

Data protection enforcement decisions by Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission


Taiwan has had data protection laws since the mid-1990s, but a new era in data protection began in October of 2012 when the Personal Information Prote...

April 5, 2017

Merger control FAQ (part 1 – the basics)


We receive regular inquiries from foreign clients as to whether a particular transaction requires making a merger control filing in Taiwan. The follow...

March 29, 2017

Diez consejos en cuanto a relaciones laborales en Taiwán


This is a Spanish translation of our English article “Ten tips for Taiwan employment contracts”, which you can find here. Esta es la traducción ...

March 8, 2017

Personal information concerns when conducting due diligence


Transactional attorneys are intimately familiar with due diligence requests (“DDR”). A prospective buyer (“Buyer”) will typically deliver to ...

February 21, 2017

Regulations amended to strengthen border control measures protecting trademarks


The Taiwan Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance, amended the Regulations Governing Customs Measures in Protecting Rights and Interests in Trade...

February 7, 2017