Executive Yuan approves bill to amend Intellectual Property Adjudication Act
Taiwan's Executive Yuan has approved a bill to amend three articles of the Intellectual Property Adjudication Act (IPAA). The bill was drafted based on recommendations…
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 Winkler Partners. The Winkler Partners Translation Department…
Freedom of government information in Taiwan
Taiwan's Freedom of Government Information Act (FGIA) took effect in 2005. It was enacted to ...establish institutions for the publication of government information, facilitate people…
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 financial difficulties in 2010.…
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 Winkler Partners. The Winkler Partners…
Peter Dernbach appointed WIPO panelist
Peter Dernbach, head of the firm's IP practice, has been appointed as a domain name dispute resolution panelist by the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration…
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 by rival Apple Daily…
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 Act…
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 time. But…
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 foreign suppliers that will…
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 regulations. The Winkler Partners Translation Department has…
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 criminalizing…
Taiwanese lessons from Apple v. Proview
The Apple-Proview dispute now being litigated in China is an excellent opportunity to share some fundamental lessons regarding trademark and commercial practice from Taiwan that…
Data privacy enforcement in Taiwan, Macau, and China
Partner Chen Hui-ling contributed an analysis of Taiwanese data privacy enforcement in Issue 116 of the Privacy Laws & Business International Report (June 2012) in…
Translations of Taiwan securities laws and regulations updated (May-June)
The following updated or new translations by Winkler Partners were recently published on Taiwan's official portal for securities-related laws and regulations: GreTai Securities Market Handling Procedures…
Judicial Yuan proposes Grand Court to unify Taiwanese judicial decisions
The Chinese-language United Daily News recently reported that the Judicial Yuan will draft amendments to Taiwan's Court Organization Act to create a Grand Court system…