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March 2019

To determine if a work is plagiarized, it is also necessary to consider the quality and quantity of exploitation; and even in the absence of massive plagiarism, if the plagiarized portions are essential or important cores, infringement is still constituted (Taiwan)

January 2019

The industrial or commercial secrets under the Criminal Code require a certain degree of confidentiality, and the owners of confidential information are required to take certain confidentiality measures so that others cannot easily learn about the contents of such information (Taiwan)

January 2019

Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Preservation of Conduct in Intellectual Property Disputes (Mainland China)

December 2018

The provision concerning computer programs or other technologies in Article 87, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 7 of the Copyright Law does not merely prohibit illegal transmission via peer-to-peer technologies as a type of infringement (Taiwan)

October 2018

Whether an artistic work created by computer software is protected under the Copyright Law depends on whether the work’s spirit sufficiently conveys the personality of the author, and there is no direct relationship with whether source materials provided by the computer software are used for its creation (Taiwan)

September 2018

The court may award the amount of damages by considering circumstances such as the degree of creativity of works, the defendant's use of works and the impact on the defendant's creation of its corporate image and the defendant's awareness in respecting intellectual property rights (Taiwan)