Bulletin
May 2006 Issue
Bulletin

REGULATORY RESPONSE TO CARD DEBT ISSUE
Over the past several years, most of Taiwan''s financial institutions have entered the consumer credit market, and in particular have strongly promoted cash cards and credit cards. The result is large amounts of non-performing loans, not only causing huge losses for the financial insti-tutions themselves, but also creating general so-cial problems.In order to address the financial and social issues, the Financial Supervisory ... MoreCORPORATION
- BOARD HAS SOLE POWER TO REVIEW SHAREHOLDER MO-TIONS AND DIRECTORSHIP NOMINEES
- COUNTING METHOD FOR WRIT-TEN AND ELECTRONIC VOTING
- SUBSIDIARY MAY BE ELECTED TO PARENT'S BOARD
- POST-MERGER COMPANY'S REPRESENTATIVE MAY INHERIT PRE-MERGER OFFICE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- ESTOPPEL DOCTRINE MAY APPLY IN TRADEMARK DIS-PUTES
- COMPENSATION CLAUSES NOT ESSENTIAL IN NON-COMPETITION AGREE-MENTS
- ISPS NOT LIABLE FOR USERS' ILLEGAL ACTS
- TRAINING COURSE FOR IP JUDGES BEGINS
- ARCHITECTURAL COPYRIGHT IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS
- IPO PRACTICE ON PATENT FILE REVIEW
- PATENT CANCELLATION AC-TION PRACTICE
- 2005 ROC PATENT STATISTICS
- 2005 PRC PATENT STATISTICS
INVESTMENT
SECURITIES
- PRIVATELY PLACED TRUST FUNDS MAY INVEST IN NON-APPROVED OFFSHORE FUNDS
- VOTING PROCEDURES FOR OFFSHORE FINIS
- TREATMENT OF DEFAULTING FINI'S SUB-ACCOUNTS
- PROXY RULES AND NON-VOTING PREFERENCE SHARES