For encouraging the domestic “Biomedical”, “Information-Communication” and “Green-Energy” field´s enterprise to participate the “EU Framework Programme” and “Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme”, the Industrial Technology Development Program office, Department of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs has officially announced a new “European Multilateral Innovative R&D Member Subsidize Program” on September, 2010, which plans to give finial assistance to the companies that participate in EU Framework Programme....[more]

The Agreement on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR Agreement) comes into force on September 12 with Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA). The Intellectual Property Office said that the government authority of Taiwan and the People´s Republic of China (PRC) will accept the priority claim of patent, trademark, and right in plant varieties since November 22 and the priority day could trace back to the date from September 12....[more]

The Executive Yuan in September 2010 to discuss "Program to Promote the Industrialization of Patent (Draft)", the promotion including the commercialization of invention patents, and speed up the review of patent cases. Annual investment of 1,2 billion ,and in the year 101 cases of patent processing time shortened from the current 36 months to 22 months....[more]

On the 1st day of December 2010, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced the amendment of “Standards Form Contract – Specification of Clauses that Must/Mustn´t be Written in On-line Game Consumption Contract”, which took into force on the same day. The two-year-old original regulation, which was passed specifically for the game companies to follow, established a standard framework of contract for online games, protecting an online gamer from forcibly accepting any unfair contract clause....[more]

On November 18, 2010, Taiwan Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced “Trial Operation Guideline for the Issuing of E-invoice in Physical Retail Channel.” This declares that the implementation of e-invoice system in physical retail channel will be put into practice. Although Taiwan has had rules related to e-invoice since the late 1990s, those mainly have applied to the sphere of e-commerce....[more]

The Industrial Research Association Act (hereafter "the old act") has been implemented in 1961, in order to facilitate the collaborative R&D activities in Japan. In 2009, the old act has been changed its title to the Research Association Act (hereafter "the old act")....[more]

Patent law has its purpose to promote economic development, while pharmaceutical law´s purpose is to enhance the public health. There will be conflicts while the patent law grants the inventors the monopoly power for lucrative purpose while the soaring prices of drugs make most of the consumers out of the reach of health care system....[more]

With the execution of the "Cross-Strait Bridging Plan" beginning in late 2008 and the taking into effect of ECFA this year, Taiwan´s high technical industries are more and more interested in investing in or cooperated with China. In particular, the Cross-Strait Agreement on Intellectual Property Right Protection and Cooperation seems to promise a more secure legal environment for R & D and innovation activities in mainland China....[more]

Taiwan and China signed an agreement for the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in June 2010. Under this agreement, it implies that each side recognizes the priorities of the other and that both agree to process applications for IPR protection....[more]

Fertilizer has played an essential role in improving crop production and quality; however, as microorganism in the soil provides abundant nutrients to the crops, sustains its quality and production, and protects the environment from chemical pollution, biofertilizer has gradually become a new option for crop cultivation and sustainable agriculture....[more]