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...

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...

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...

Fair Trade Commission imposes fine for alleging patent infringement

The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission recently fined a manufacturer of car radar devices NT$300,000 (c. US$10,000) for alleging on its website that a compe...

Corporate Indemnification, Insurance, and Civil Law Mandates in Taiwan

The term "corporate indemnification," conspicuously absent from Taiwan's laws, is a term imported from the English-speaking common law countries, wher...

Taiwan Data Protection Regime: CDPA to PIPA

Taiwan's data protection regime will undergo a sea change when the new Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) comes into effect. That is supposed ...

Who do Taiwan's Insurance Brokers Work for?

As Taiwan’s insurance market matures, brokers are playing an increasingly important role. Insureds rely on brokers to understand complex products su...

Keyword Ads: Trademark Infringement and Fair Trade Issues

Two recent rulings by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) illuminate the court’s view that certain types of unauthorized use of a regi...