Amendments to long-delayed data protection law proposed
The Chinese-language United Daily News is reporting that the Ministry of Justice sent a bill to amend the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) to the…
Winkler Partners ranked as top 30 Asia IP firm
Asia Intellectual Property Rankings 2012 has identified Winkler Partners as one of the top 30 IP firms in Asia. Winkler Partners is the only independent…
Taiwan’s Financial Ombudsman Institution
Taiwan's Financial Consumer Protection Act (FCPA) came into force on 30 December 2011. Background The Financial Ombudsman Institution (FOI) was established under the Act as…
Trade Secrets Act update: meeting at NSC this Friday (13 April)
The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) announced today that it has completed a preliminary draft of its amendments to the Trade Secrets Act and that…
Taiwan to increase criminal penalties for trade secret infringement
The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has announced plans to add criminal penalties to the Trade Secrets Act. Currently, the Act permits victims of trade…
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 Responsible Persons and Associated…
Chambers Asia Pacific 2012 on WP
The Chambers Asia Pacific 2012 Guide's Taiwan Section recognizes partner Chen Hui-ling as "providing cutting edge advice to international reinsurers and insurers. Peter Dernbach meanwhile…
Amendments to Taiwan Company Act expand director liability
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan enacted a bill revising 10 articles of the Company Act and adding three others at the end of 2011. The bill imposed…
Partner Chen Hui-ling describes Taiwan's progress toward launching a data privacy protection mark in the February issue of Privacy Laws & Business. The report may…
Number of Taiwanese lawyers increases
The number of lawyers in Taiwan increased significantly in 2011 as a record 964 candidates passed the bar exam. Despite a population of 23 million…
Gary Kuo joins 9th Intellectual Property Committee of the Taiwan Bar Association
WP partner Gary Kuo has joined the 9th Intellectual Property Committee of the Taipei Bar Association.
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 late…
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 Article 165(3) of the Insurance Act…
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 Labor…
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 competitor had…
WP recycles 4,000 liters of rainwater in November
Frequent rains in November meant that the Winkler Partners Green Office team was able to quantify our use of recycled rain water as an alternative…