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Taiwan to increase criminal penalties for trade secret infringement


The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has announced plans to add criminal penalties to the Trade Secrets Act. Currently, the Act permits v...

April 9, 2012

Translations of Taiwan securities laws and regulations updated


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

March 30, 2012

Amendments to Taiwan Company Act expand director liability


Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan enacted a bill revising 10 articles of the Company Act and adding three others at the end of 2011. The bill imposed new du...

March 1, 2012

Taiwan's Data Privacy Mark


Partner Chen Hui-ling describes Taiwan's progress toward launching a data privacy protection mark in the February issue of  Privacy Laws & Busine...

February 21, 2012

Number of Taiwanese lawyers increases


The number of lawyers in Taiwan increased significantly in 2011 as a record 964 candidates passed the bar exam. Despite a population of 23 million ...

February 16, 2012

Taiwan Patent Act Overhauled: A Look at the Details


Taiwan overhauled its Patent Act in late November 2011 by amending more than 150 articles. Although the amendments probably will not take effect until...

January 2, 2012

Internal controls required at Taiwanese insurance intermediaries


The Financial Supervisory Commission recently approved new internal control measures for insurance intermediaries under authority delegated to it by A...

December 28, 2011

CLA blacklists violators of Labor Standards Act


The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) has mandated the creation of local government web pages that release the names of companies who violate Taiwan's La...

December 14, 2011