Bulletin
July 2007 Issue
Bulletin
COPYRIGHT ACT AMENDED
On 14 June 2007 the Legislative Yuan enacted amendments to the Copyright Act. The amendments are mainly directed against online service providers that profit by supplying com-puter programs or technologies (such as peer-to-peer networking) to allow Internet users to exchange musical, audiovisual, or other files online without lawful licensing. The amended Act expressly provides that such actions infringe against copyright, a ... MoreCOMPETITION
CORPORATION
- DIRECTORS OF SIN-GLE-SHAREHOLDER COMPA-NIES SUBJECT TO RESTRIC-TIONS ON DUAL REPRESENTA-TION
- DIRECTORSHIP NOMINATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN ANNOUNCED PERIOD
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS & INFRASTRUCTURE
INTELLECTUAL
- GENERIC DRUG INSERTS DO NOT INFRINGEMENT COPY-RIGHT
- GRACE PERIOD FOR TRADE-MARK AND PATENT PRIORITY CLAIMS NOT EXTENDABLE
- REPRODUCTION VS. PRACTICE OF COPYRIGHT WORKS
- PROMULGATION OF ACT GOV-ERNING PATENT ATTORNEYS
- REGULATIONS GOVERNING HANDLING OF SECRET PRO-TECTION ORDERS BY COURTS BEING DRAFTED
- TRADEMARK ACT ENFORCE-MENT RULES UNDER AMEND-MENT
- DRAFT EXAMINATION GUIDE-LINES ON CERTIFICATION MARKS, COLLECTIVE TRADE-MARKS AND COLLECTIVE MEM-BERSHIP MARKS