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…
WP energy and resource use in August and September
In July and August, we used 1,749 fewer kWs of electricity than we did in the June-July period and 10.24% less than we did in…
Corporate Indemnification, Insurance, and Civil Law Mandates in Taiwan
The term "corporate indemnification," conspicuously absent from Taiwan's laws, is a term imported from the English-speaking common law countries, where it has a long history.…
Taiwan Data Protection Regime: CDPA to PIPA
Taiwan's data protection regime will undergo a sea change when the new Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) comes into effect. That is supposed to be…
Who do Taiwan's Insurance Brokers Work for?
As Taiwan’s insurance market matures, brokers are playing an increasingly important role. Insureds rely on brokers to understand complex products such as D&O coverage and…
Keyword Ads: Trademark Infringement and Fair Trade Issues
Two recent rulings by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) illuminate the court’s view that certain types of unauthorized use of a registered mark…
Winkler Partners recommended by World Trademark Review 1000
Winkler Partners is honored to have been featured as a superlative Taiwan trademark firm in the inaugural edition of the World Trademark Review 1000. Partner…