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May 2019

The statute of limitations is a rights barrier to a claim to recover a bid bond, and in case the fact associated with a recovery claim is verified, if it is asserted that the claim lapses due to the occurrence of a rights barrier, the party making such assertion shall assume the burden of proof (Taiwan)

May 2019

Introduction and brief review on the highlights of the Judicial Yuan's initial draft of the Commercial Case Adjudication Law (Taiwan)

May 2019

Unless a specification has clearly indicated that the patent claims should be limited to embodiments and drawings, the restrictive conditions of the specification and drawings should not read on the patent claims (Taiwan)

May 2019

If it has been impossible for a contractor to construct the project pursuant to the contract and the project owner has failed to fulfill the obligation to collaborate by failing to provide an explanation or change the design after being notified by the contractor to provide an explanation or design change or applying for construction suspension for several times, the contractor can certainly rescind the contract and claim damages (Taiwan)

May 2019

The provisions for contributory negligence under Paragraph 1 of Article 217 of the Civil Code may also apply to the calculation of contractual damages except for a special agreement that stipulates otherwise (Taiwan)

May 2019

Since the oath texts required for the oath which should be taken for the testimony of a witness and for the opinions of an expert witness is different, their identity should certainly be differentiated and they should be required to take oath; and if there is any violation of the oath, the testimony or expert opinions can hardly be admitted as legitimate evidentiary materials (Taiwan)