Bulletin
March 2005 Issue
Bulletin
NEW TAX RULES FOR IN-VESTMENTS OF TECHNOLOGY
On 7 January 2005, the Legislative Yuan enacted amendments to the Industrial Upgrading Act (IUA). Two new provisions were introduced: Articles 19-2 and 19-3, which provide criteria for the taxation of equity contributions made in the form of patent or know-how. This change to the law was prompted by a legal interpretation is-sued by the Ministry of Finance on 1 October 2003, which stated that from 1 January 2004, when equity ... MoreBANKING
- CBC ADOPTS NEGATIVE LIST-ING FOR FOREX DERIVATIVES BUSINESS
- RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF LOANS TO AMCS
COMPETITION
CORPORATION
- POWER TO PENALIZE OB-STRUCTION OF INSPECTIONS LIES WITH COURTS
- SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS WHEN CHAIRMANSHIP IS VA-CANT
- SUSPENDED CHAIRPERSON CANNOT DESIGNATE DEPUTY
- BOARD MEETINGS TAKE AT LEAST TWO DIRECTORS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
INVESTMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- PRECEDENCE OF PRINCIPLES FOR EXAMINING TRADEMARK SIMILARITY
- AUCTION SITE RESPONSIBLE FOR ILLEGAL ADVERTISING
- WITNESS STATEMENT MADE UNDER THREAT NOT ADMISSI-BLE
- COURTS MUST MAKE DUE CONSIDERATION BEFORE SUS-PENDING PATENT LITIGATION
- NO STRICT LIABILITY FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
- COURT BARS ACCESS TO CASE FILES TO PROTECT TECHNICAL SECRETS
- SEIZURE AND FINES FOR COUNTERFEIT IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
- COMPUTER SOFTWARE EXPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SUS-PENDED
- ANTI-SPAM LAW DRAFTED
- TAIWAN ON SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST
- CROSS-STRAIT RECOGNITION OF PATENT PRIORITY
- PATENT PROCEDURAL EXAMI-NATION GUIDELINES IN PREPARATION
- PHARMACEUTICAL AFFAIRS ACT AMENDMENTS
- GUIDELINES ON HEARINGS FOR CASES CONCERNING TRADE-MARK DISPUTES PUBLISHED
LABOR
- RETIREMENT PAY ALLOW-ANCES RAISED BY 4%
- NEW INTERPRETATION RE-GARDING OLD PENSION SYS-TEM
- NEW DEFINITION OF DEATH BY OVERWORK