Bulletin
September 2002 Issue
Bulletin
DRAFT LAW TO PROTECT ABORIGINAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
To give protection to the traditional intellectual creations of Taiwan's indigenous peoples, many of which have been passed down orally from generation to generation without being recorded in writing, the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) recently approved the text of a draft Law for the Protection of Intellectual Creations of Indigenous Peoples. The draft comprises 21 ar-ticles with the following main points:The competent ... MoreCOMPETITION
- NEW INVESTMENTS MAY RE-QUIRE MERGERS APPROVAL
- FTL ENFORCEMENT RULES AMENDED
- FTC APPROVES DRAFT GUIDE-LINES AGAINST MISLEADING OR FRAUDULENT MARKETING PRACTICES IN THE MOBILE TELECOMS MARKET
CORPORATION
- CLARIFICATION ON SINGLE SHAREHOLDER COMPANIES
- CLARIFICATION ON SUPERVI-SORS CONVENING A SHARE-HOLDERS' MEETING
- CLARIFICATION ON RESTRIC-TIONS ON TRANSFER OF EM-PLOYEES' SHARES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
INSURANCE
- RESTRICTIONS RELAXED ON INVESTMENTS IN US MORT-GAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
- INSURERS' ACCOUNTING STAN-DARDS TO BE DRAFTED WITHIN TWO YEARS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- INDIVIDUAL POA REQUIRED FOR EACH TRADEMARK CASE
- FALSIFICATION OF PRODUCT MODEL NUMBERS IS FORGERY
- THEFT OF EMPLOYER'S CON-FIDENTIAL INFORMATION IS BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY
- LIMIT ON ATTORNEY NUMBERS DOES NOT INCLUDE SUBSTI-TUTE AGENTS
- PROPORTIONALITY INVOKED IN PATENT ADMINISTRATIVE SUIT
- PROGRESS OF COPYRIGHT LAW AMENDMENTS
- THE NEW SYSTEM OF LAY-ING-OPEN AND SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION
- NO RETROSPECTIVE PROTEC-TION FOR MICROORGANISM PER SE INVENTIONS
- CHANGES IN PRIORITY PRAC-TICE SINCE WTO ENTRY
- PRC TRADEMARK RULES AMENDED