Bulletin
March 2008 Issue
Bulletin
DRAFT ENFORCEMENT RULES OF IP CASES HANDLING ACT
On 10 December 2007, the Judicial Yuan published the draft Enforcement Rules of the Intellectual Property Cases Handling Act (Draft Rules) for comments by the general public. The main points of the Draft Rules are as follows: ‧The scope of the IP Court's jurisdiction over civil, criminal, and administrative suits involving intellectual property rights is expressly defined under the Draft Rules. (Arti-cles 2 to 4)‧Upon an appe ... MoreCOMPETITION
CORPORATION
- FOREIGN COMPANY'S TAIWAN BRANCH CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO A TAIWAN COMPANY'S BRANCH
- AMENDED RULES FOR PUBLIC COMPANY BOARD MEETINGS
INSURANCE
- NEW REGULATIONS GOVERNING ESTABLISHMENT PERMIT AND ADMINISTRATION OF INSURANCE ENTERPRISES
- NEW REGULATIONS GOVERNING ESTABLISHMENT PERMIT AND ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES
- INSURANCE COMPANIES NOT SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 211 OF THE COMPANY ACT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- SIMILARITY AND ACCESS CRUCIAL FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
- MULTIPLE FACTORS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR LIKELIHOOD OF TRADEMARK CONFUSION
- AMENDED TIME PERIODS FOR PROCESSING PATENT-RELATED APPLICATIONS
- 2007 PATENT APPLICATION STATISTICS
- EXAMINATION GUIDELINES FOR CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE INVENTIONS
- EXTENDED RESPONSE TIME PERIODS FOR PATENT OFFICE ACTIONS
- IPO DRAFTING AMENDMENTS TO PATENT ACT