Bulletin
July 2006 Issue
Bulletin
DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO FAIR TRADE ACT
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed amendments to the Fair Trade Act (FTA) in or-der to reform the review of business combina-tions, the regulation of horizontal concerted ac-tions, and related legal regimes. The main points of the proposed amendments are outlined below:Review of business combinations: In response to the OECD Secretariat's peer review com-ments on Taiwan's competition policy, the FTC is considering ... MoreBANKING
COMPETITION
CORPORATION
- CORPORATE SHAREHOLDERS MAY NOT ATTEND SHARE-HOLDERS' MEETINGS BEFORE REGISTERING SHARE TRANS-FER
- CALCULATION OF BOARD MEETING ATTENDANCE WHEN DIRECTORS RECUSE THEM-SELVES
INSURANCE
- FSC ISSUED GUIDELINES FOR TELEMARKETING BY INSUR-ANCE ENTERPRISES
- RULES FOR DERIVATIVES TRADING BY INSURERS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- IPO HELD HEARINGS IN TRADEMARK CASES
- INJUNCTION AND REVERSE INJUNCTION CANNOT COEXIST IN TRADEMARK DISPUTES
- STAY OF PATENT INFRINGE-MENT SUIT CAN BE GRANTED ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES
- IPO ISSUED RULING ON TRANSMISSION OF CONTENT BY MEDIA
- VERIFICATION OF SIGNATURES AND SEALS ON PAT-ENT-RELATED APPLICATIONS
- IPO PRACTICE FOR REVIEW OF PRIORITY CLAIMS
- YEAR 2005 STATISTICS FOR FIRST EXAMINATION OF IN-VENTION PATENT APPLICA-TIONS
- PATENT ACT UNDER AMEND-MENT
- IPR COURT BILL PASSED FIRST READING
- PRC AMENDMENT OF PATENT EXAMINATION GUIDELINES
- PRC DESIGN PATENT EXAMI-NATION PRACTICE
- PRC PATENT LAW UNDER AMENDMENT
INVESTMENT
LABOR
- FORFEITURE OF CANCER DEATH BENEFITS UNCONSTI-TUTIONAL
- DISABILITY BENEFITS AVAIL-ABLE FOR PRE-EXISTING CON-DITIONS
- TOP LABOR INSURANCE SAL-ARY BAND INCREASED; LIA UNDER AMENDMENT TO PRO-TECT OLDER WORKERS' RIGHTS
- THRESHOLD FOR HIRING DIS-ABLED WORKERS LOWERED TO 67 EMPLOYEES
- LATEST RULINGS ON LABOR PENSION ACT
- JUDGMENT IN OVERTIME PAY-MENT DISPUTES