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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…

March 8, 2013

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…

February 7, 2013

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…

January 2, 2013

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…

December 10, 2012

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…

October 30, 2012

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…

July 10, 2012

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…

July 6, 2012

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…

June 28, 2012

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…

June 27, 2012

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…

June 26, 2012

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…

June 20, 2012

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…

June 13, 2012

Securities class actions and shareholder derivative actions in 2011


The Securities and Futures Investors Protection Center has released updated figures for 2011. By the end of 2011, the Center had filed 150 class action…

June 6, 2012

La disputa legal entre Apple y Proview


La mundialmente conocida multinacional Apple se encuentra en plena batalla legal contra una compañía China  por la propiedad de la marca IPAD en China. Todos…

May 25, 2012

2012 Towers Watson Employment Terms & Conditions Asia Pacific Report published


Winkler Partners contributes the Taiwan chapter to the Towers Watson report annually. This comprehensive report covers employment law, compensation/benefits, termination and employment practices in the…

May 16, 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: Regulations Governing Stock Exchanges Regulations Governing the…

May 11, 2012