August 2017

Wage negotiation should include the social security cost which should be assumed by the enterprise owner, and unless such cost is specifically excluded by contract, the contract construction principle that such payment is also covered by wages should be followed(Taiwan)

August 2017

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The Ministry of Labor revised relevant rules to specifically require that annuity insurance shall stipulate the manners in which workers receive annuity payout(Taiwan)

August 2017

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A technical evaluation report for utility model patent is not a precondition for bringing an action or exercising patent rights

August 2017

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When the only shareholder (director) of a limited company is deceased, the requirements for inheritance under the Civil Code shall be followed first, and this may not necessarily constitute ground for the statutory dissolution of the company

August 2017

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The name or title of the author may be omitted only if the purpose and method of the use of the author’s work is unlikely to harm the author’s interests and do not violate generally accepted usage practices

August 2017

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Since evidence collection is often difficult for the infringed party with respect to trade secret infringement, the extent of substantiation by the claimant should be reduced on one hand, while the obligation of the respondent to provide a specific answer for clarification should be imposed on the other hand