Bulletin
July 2004 Issue
Bulletin
SECURITIES INVESTMENT TRUST AND CONSULTING ACT ENACTED
To put the operations and development of secu-rities investment trust and consulting enterprises on a sound footing, and to protect investors' in-terests, on 11 June 2004 the Legislative Yuan enacted the Securities Investment Trust and Consulting Act, which was promulgated on 30 June 2004, but will not take effect until a date to be set by the Executive Yuan. The new legisla-tion integrates the current regulations, including ... MoreBANKING
COMPETITION
- NEW FTC RULES FOR DE-PARTMENT STORES
- EXPLANATION ON THE REGU-LATION OF TELECOMMUNICA-TIONS ENTERPRISES UNDER THE FAIR TRADE ACT
CORPORATION
- LIMITS ON BOARD'S POWERS TO SET DIRECTORS' AND SU-PERVISORS' REMUNERATION
- NO DIFFERENTIAL OR DE-FERRED COMPENSATION FOR DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS
- HIGHLIGHTS OF CMAA AMEND-MENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- FOREIGN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTRABLE AS TRADEMARKS
- DOES THE NEW TRADEMARK ACT GOVERN DISPUTES OVER PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS?
- NO ADDITIONAL GROUNDS OUTSIDE OPPOSITION PERIOD
- DIALECT PRONUNCIATIONS AND TRADEMARK SIMILARITY
- FISHING FOR EVIDENCE IS LAWFUL
- USA NOT READY TO DISCUSS FTA WITH TAIWAN
- PROPOSED PATENT COURTS PROMISE QUICKER HEARING OF CASES
- 2003 AMENDMENT TO PATENT ACT TOOK EFFECT
- AMENDED ENFORCEMENT RULES OF THE PATENT ACT TOOK EFFECT
- AMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PATENT INTERVIEWS TOOK EFFECT
- AMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PATENT FILE HISTORY REVIEW TOOK EFFECT
- TIME LIMITS FOR HANDLING PATENT-RELATED AND IC LAYOUT APPLICATIONS
- AMENDMENTS OF THE PRC PATENT EXAMINATION GUIDE-LINES
- EXAMINATION GUIDELINES FOR 3D, COLOR AND SOUND TRADEMARKS