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October 2018

Copyright

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

Copyright

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)

May 2018

Copyright

If the individual figures in a single image all have vivid styles, they are all individually copyrightable (Taiwan)

April 2018

Copyright

Since the selling price of the second-hand tour bus only covered the vehicle per se, the transfer of the karaoke machine containing illegally reproduced songs along with the tour bus still did not constitute an offense of unauthorized reproduction due to an intent of sale or lease under the Copyright Law. (Taiwan)

April 2018

Copyright

Measures on Exporting Intellectual Property Rights (Trial Implementation) (Mainland China)

April 2018

Copyright

Computer programs are works consisting of a combination of instructions which cause computer hardwire to directly or indirectly produce specific results; the ultimate objectives or functions of suchworks are ideas and thus fall beyond the scope of copyright protection (Taiwan)