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December 2019

Capital Market / Securities

If a company elects to decide the salaries and compensation of the directors, supervisors and managerial officers without individual assessment by the compensation committee in violation of Article 14-6 of the Securities and Exchange Law, this merely gives rise to the issue of whether the competent authority may impose any administrative sanction upon such company, and it does not force such decision to be invalid (Taiwan)

December 2019

Capital Market / Securities

If a company endorse a negotiable instrument with an intent to provide an implied guarantee, even though the holder of the negotiable instrument is obviously aware of this, the company should still be liable based on the literal meaning of the negotiable instrument (Taiwan)

December 2019

General Corporate Affairs

The corporate bond holders' exercise of the conversion right is still subject to the restrictions on the conversion terms under the conversion rules (Taiwan)

December 2019

Copyright

If an invention can be easily achieved by person having ordinary skills in the art, an invention patent shall not be granted (Taiwan)

December 2019

LTP Special Column

Investing in China – Foreign Investment Law and Its Implementation Regulations (Draft for Solicitation of Public Opinions) of China (Taiwan)

December 2019

Arbitration / Litigation

Whether the main objective of exercising a right is to injure others should be determined after the benefits received by the rights holder and the losses sustained by others and the country and society are considered (Taiwan)