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Wrongful termination and age discrimination in a Taiwanese employment dispute


The Japan Airlines subsidiary in Taiwan dismissed eighteen of its Taiwanese flight attendants with severance as its parent company was undergoing fina...

March 25, 2013

Translations of Taiwan securities laws and regulations updated


Taiwan’s official portal for securities-related laws and regulations was recently updated with changes to nine of its English translations by Winkle...

March 8, 2013

Copyright for photographs in Taiwan: originality, reasonable use, and U.S. case law


Taiwan’s Supreme Court recently upheld a decision by the Intellectual Property Court holding that the United Daily News’s reprinting of photograph...

January 2, 2013

The test for well-known trademarks in Taiwan


UCC Holdings Co. Ltd. v. Ministry of Economic Affairs SAC, Pan Zi, NO. 48,2012, IP Court, Xingshang gengyi Zi, No. 1, 2012 Taiwan’s Trademark A...

December 10, 2012

Commutation of sentences to fines in Taiwan


As the owners of intellectual property are well aware, convictions for lesser crimes in Taiwan rarely result in the offender actually serving jail tim...

October 30, 2012

Chinese suppliers to be treated as foreigners for Taiwan public procurement projects


As Taiwan's opening to China continues, the Executive Yuan's Public Construction Commission has issued a draft amendment to its regulations governing ...

July 10, 2012

Translations of Taiwan securities laws and regulations updated


The following updated or new translations by Winkler Partners were recently published on Taiwan's official portal for securities-related laws and reg...

July 6, 2012

Translation of TIPO draft amendments to Trade Secret Act


After the public hearing on proposed amendments to the Trade Secrets Act in late April. the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office revised its draft bill...

June 28, 2012