Bulletin
March 2006 Issue
Bulletin
COMPANY ACT AMENDED TO FACILITATE REORGANIZATION
On January 13, 2006, the Legislative Yuan passed the proposed amendment to certain pro-visions under the Company Act to facilitate corporate reorganization. Its key points are as follows:The preemptive right of shareholders and employees to subscribe for new shares no longer apply to new share issuances in con-nection with reorganization. Therefore, when a company issues new shares according to a reorganization plan, it doe ... MoreCORPORATION
- AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
- PREVIOUS BOARD REINSTATED IF COURT ANNULS THE BOARD ELECTION
- SHORT-FORM MERGER OF LIM-ITED COMPANY REQUIRES CONSENT OF DIRECTORS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
INSURANCE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- COURT COULD APPLY FOREIGN LAWS IN TRADEMARK IN-FRINGEMENT SUITS
- INFRINGEMENT SETTLEMENT CLAIMS BOUND BY GOOD FAITH PRINCIPLE
- FTC REJECTIONS APPEALABLE
- COMPULSORY LICENSING OF TAMIFLU PATENT
- COPYRIGHT IN COMPUTER CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS
- IPO AMENDS PATENT EXAMI-NATION GUIDELINES ON MAT-TERS REGARDING PATENT CANCELLATION AND REVOCA-TION EX OFFICIO
- EXECUTIVE YUAN APPROVED DRAFT PATENT AGENT ACT
- ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL IP COURT IN TAIWAN
- PATENT COVERING NEW DRUGS DOES NOT EXCLUDE RESEARCH, TEACHING OR EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BEFORE APPLYING FOR DRUG REGISTRATION
- PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TRADEMARK AND FAIR TRADE ACTS
- JOINT OWNERSHIP OF TRADE-MARKS ALLOWED