Benefits of offshore holding companies
A significant portion of Winkler Partners' corporate practice involves advising international clients on how best to structure their businesses in Taiwan. One of the first…
Issuing gaming points in Taiwan
The key legal requirement to issuing online gaming points in Taiwan is that the gaming point issuer must adopt one of several regulator-approved measures to…
Technical examination officers at Taiwan’s IP Court
Technical Examination Officers ( "TEO") are officers of the court who assist judges at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court ("IP Court") in litigation involving complex…
WP named as Employer of Choice
Winkler Partners has been named by Asia Legal Business Magazine as an Employer of Choice for 2015. We were the only law firm in Taiwan…
Setting up a business in Taiwan: the basics
Taiwan ranks highly on both the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness List and the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business List.[1] With strong air, trade…
WP listed among top law firms for our trademark practice
Winkler Partners has been recognized as an "eminent" trademark practice by the World Trademark Review. The WTR ranks firms and individuals in seventy major markets…
WP ranked as top-tier insurance firm by The Legal 500
For a third consecutive year, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific has ranked Winkler Partners' practice a top tier firm for insurance. Led by partner Chen…
Winkler Partners Translation has been awarded a major capital markets translation project by a group of Taiwan regulators and exchanges. In this project, Winkler Partners…
Registering your .taipei domain and protecting your brand online
In August, Taipei City Government reached an agreement with ICANN to release the .taipei domain and make it available to businesses and individuals. Spearheaded by…
Food safety: a legal perspective
WP partners Peter Dernbach, Gary Kuo and paralegal Michael Fahey recently contributed an article to the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham)'s monthly TOPICS…
WP Partner Peter Dernbach elected to INTA Board of Directors
We are pleased to announce that Peter Dernbach, head of our IP practice, has been elected to join the International Trademark Association (INTA)'s Board of…
New book on Asian data privacy law features chapter on Taiwan
Winkler Partners warmly congratulates Graham Greenleaf on the publication of his new book Asian Data Privacy Laws Trade & Human Rights Perspectives by Oxford University…
3rd quarter trends in IP registrations released
Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office has released IP registration figures and trends for the third quarter of 2014. Total patent applications have dropped 4.28%, but at…
If you are planning for a year, sow rice
Ancient Chinese reformer and thinker Guan Zhong (管仲) once said; "十年樹木百年樹人" “If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for…
Peter Dernbach in Forbes Asia on indictment of former Ting Hsin chairman Wei Ying-chun
Forbes Asia recently covered the indictment of Ting Hsin International Group's former Chairman Wei Ying-chun. Wei, a member of one of Taiwan wealthiest families, was…
A quarter of top global brands are represented by Winkler Partners
Each year Interbrand releases a list of the 100 Top Global Brands, which gives a clear picture of which brands are doing well and which…