Bulletin
January 2003 Issue
Bulletin
NEW SYSTEM FOR CONSOLI-DATED INCOME TAX FILING
The Financial Holding Company Law (FHCL), which was promulgated in July 2001, and the Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Law (CMAL), which came into force in February 2002, both include provisions to allow parent and subsidiary companies to file joint income tax return, generally referred to as the consolidated taxation system. The precondition for using this system is that the parent must have held at least a 90% stake in th ... MoreCOMPETITION
CORPORATION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
INSURANCE
- MAXIMUM DEATH BENEFIT FOR MINORS UNDER AGE 14 IS NT$2 MILLION
- INSURERS MAY INVEST IN BROKERAGES OUTSIDE OWN SECTOR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- COURT DENIES JURISDICTION TO REVIEW STLC DOMAIN NAME DECISION
- JUDGMENT UNLAWFUL IF LITIGATION CONTINUED DURING TRADEMARK INVALIDATION PROCEEDINGS
- ONE-STOP SHOP PLANNED FOR FASTER HEARING OF IPR CASES
- COURT BANS USE OF "YAHOO" IN COMPANY NAME
- DOES REPRODUCING DOCU-MENTS OF AN ALLOWED PAT-ENT APPLICATION INFRINGE COPYRIGHT?
- PATENT AND TRADEMARK PRIORITY CLAIM PRACTICES SINCE WTO ENTRY
- EXAMINATION GUIDELINES FOR DOMESTIC PRIORITY CLAIMS
- INVENTION PATENT APPLICA-TION NUMBERS
- AMENDED ENFORCEMENT RULES OF PATENT LAW TOOK EFFECT
- EXCEPTION TO DISCLAIMER FOR TOBACCO TRADEMARKS