Act Governing the Provision of Judicial Assistance at the Request of Foreign Courts
Clients often ask whether foreign judgments can be enforced in Taiwan and how to serve foreign legal papers. The statutory basis for both processes is...
Landmark prosecution for textbook copyright infringement
The Chinese-language United Daily News reported today (8 Nov.) that Taichung prosecutors have indicted a college student for violating Taiwan's Copyri...
Non-compete clauses in employment agreements
Once mainly found in the high tech industry, non-compete clauses are now routinely added by Taiwanese employers in a variety of industries. While empl...
Foreign professionals and work permits
Foreign professionals may legally work in Taiwan if they possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and at least two years of work ex...
On Monday (Sept. 24), the Chinese-language China Times, ran a series of articles (now behind the China Times paywall) on Taiwanese companies in China ...
Taiwanese law in English: standards and nomenclature
Introduction and Sources Since 2002, Taiwan's national government (through the cabinet-level Research, Development, and Evaluation Commission) has ...
Online sources of English translations of Taiwanese law
The first two databases listed are public and bilingual. Both have English pages with links to translations of many of Taiwan's statutes, regulations,...
Chinese professionals in Taiwan
An important but sometimes overlooked factor in China’s explosive economic growth has been the over US$150 billion invested in China by Taiwanese bu...