COMPETITION

• TFTC Imposed Fines on Three Paper Companies for Price Fixing

CORPORATION

• Acceptable Recipients of Company Loans
• Penalties for Failure to Notify Some Shareholders about Shareholders' Meeting
• Proxy for the Chairman of the Board of Directors

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

• Judicial Yuan and the Intellectual Property Court Held Symposium on Intellectual Properties Laws
• Amendments to Section I of the Examination Guidelines for Patents
• Measures of Handling Patent Amendment and Supplement Based on IPO's Initiatives
• Licensing Trademarks in Mainland China

INVESTMENT

• Mainland China Business Approved by the Investment Commission May Appoint Mainland Citizens as Managers
• List of Approved Investments from People of Mainland Area Amended
• Amendments to the Regulations on Permit for the PRC Citizens to Acquire, Set or Transfer the Property of Real Estates

LABOR

• Legislative Yuan Approves Draft Amendments to the Labor Union Act
• Amendments to the Regulations of Leave-Taking of Workers Expand the Definitional Scope of Ordinary Sick Leave due to Hospitalization

LITIGATION

• Summary of the Amended International Private Law

SECURITIES

• Amendments to the Regulations Governing the Offering and Issuance of Securities by Foreign Securities Issuers

TAX

• The Corporate Income Tax Rate is Reduced to 17%
• Overestimated Employee Bonus Resulting from Violation of the Company Act Cannot be Recognized as Expense
• Income Tax on Market Price of Stocks Given as Employee Bonus