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"Partial Amendments of Patent Law" Entered into Force on October 26

Previously in Volume 9, Issue 19 of IPR News we reported that the Legislative Yuan had passed the third reading of "Draft Partial Amendments of Patent Law". Following approval of the President, the said Amendments were officially gazetted on October 24, 2001 and entered into force as of October 26, 2001.

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Legislative Yuan Passes Draft "Partial Amendments of Copyright Law"

The Legislative Yuan completed its consideration of "Partial Amendments of Copyright Law" and passed its third reading on October 25, 2001. This indicates that all of Taiwan's relevant intellectual property rights laws are now consistent with WTO regulations. Below is an outline of the present Copyright Law Amendments:
(a) Article 34 is amended, giving "computer program works" the same copyright protection as "literary works". Computer programs completed by individuals will enjoy copyright protection for the author's lifetime plus 50 years.
(b) Articles 2, 71 and 901 are amended, changing the competent authority for enforcement of Copyright Law from Ministry of Interior Affairs to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In addition, the administrative penalty of "revocation" under this Law is substituted for "abolishment", so as to be consistent with enforcement of the Law of Administrative Procedure.
(c) Insert provisions relating to "public performance of musical works by users of computerized karaoke machines". Where such musical works are not managed by copyrightintermediaryorganizations who manage public performance rights, and the copyright owner does not belong to a copyright intermediary organization, Article 92 of the Copyr
ight Law relating to infringement of public performance rights does not apply. Disputes in these circumstances should be resolved by civil rather than criminal procedures (Paragraph 6 of Article 37).
(d) Insert provisions relating to "Implications of Copyright License", which stipulate that where a licensing of copyright is made in writing and notarized by a notary public, such licensee's rights will not be affected by an assignment or further licensing of the relevant copyright (Paragraph 2 of Article 37).
(e) Insert provisions relating to "legal status of exclusive licensee", so that an exclusive licensee, within the scope of its license, may exercise rights as if it were the copyright owner, and may also join copyright intermediary organizations (Paragraph 4 of Article 37, Article 81).
(f) Remove provisions relating to "Copyright Review and Mediation Committees Review of Royalty Rates Charged by Copyright Intermediary Organizations", so that copyright transactions will return to private negotiations and market mechanisms.
The IPO states that the present amendments to the Copyright Law are principally minor amendments made to facilitate entry to the WTO, as well as to achieve consistency with the Law of Administrative Procedures. These amendments have not only brought the Copyright Law in line with international protection standards, but will also have a positive impact on creating a sound copyright use and protection environment. As for responses to the impact of the Internet on copyright issues, in accordance with the resolution of the Economic Development Advisory Conference (EDAC), the MOEA has submitted a separate "Partial Amendments to the Copyright Law" to the Administrative Yuan on October 12. Once the Administrative Yuan concludes its consideration of these Amendments, they will be submitted for the Legislative Yuan's consideration.

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Legislative Yuan Passes "Laser Disk Management Regulations"

In order to effectively protect the rights and benefits of authorized manufacturers and intellectual property right owners, and to put a stop to infringement of intellectual property rights by pirated laser disks, the Legislative Yuan passed its third reading of the "Laser Disk Management Regulations" on October 31, 2001. These Regulations represent more stringent control mechanisms in respect of businesses that manufacture prerecorded laser disks. Under these Regu
lations, such businesses must apply for permits from the competent authorities (i.e. the MOEA), and they may only proceed to manufacture prerecorded laser disk products upon being issued with the relevant permit documents and a source identification code. Businesses that violate these Regulations will be subject to first administrative penalties, followed by criminal penalties, which may be as severe as imprisonment for up to 3 years. These Regulations also specify circumstances where the permit will not be granted, items that must be stated on the permit documents, and require businesses to maintain customer correspondence information. As for businesses that manufacture blank laser disks, these Regulations do not apply and such businesses will only need to make a declaration as to their activities prior to manufacture.

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IPO Publishes List of Approved Foreign Microorganism Collection Bodies

The IPO has publicly announced its list of approved foreign microorganism collection bodies, through its letter dated October 26, 2001, reference 90ChiFa0908600104. The list is set out below:

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IPR Cases Handled by Prosecutors of Taiwan District Courts in First Half of 2001

According to statistics released by the Senior Prosecutors Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, IPR infringement cases handled during the first half of 2001 are as follows:
a. Investigation of IPR infringement cases from January to June, 2001
(a)The number of new cases was 3,426, 7 cases fewer than the same period in 2000. Analyzed by the type of offences, most of the cases (2,416) were copyright infringement cases, representing 70.52% of the total number of cases. There were 757 trademark infringement cases (22.10%) and 253 patent infringement cases (7.38%).
(b)Investigations were concluded in 3,349 cases (4,047 defendants), representing an increase of 520 cases (363 defendants) from the same period in 2000. Amongst these 1,893 defendants were indicted, representing 46.78% of co
ncluded cases defendants. Out of the number indicted, 114 were sentenced (6.64%). (See Table 1 below for details) 
b.Affirmation and Execution of IPR judgments from January to June, 2001
(a) Judgments were affirmed against 1,616 defendants, representing an increase of 475 perso
ns from the same period in 2000. Amongst these, 196 defendants were sentenced to imprisonme
nt for one year or more, 66 defendants to more than 6 months but less than 1 year, 680 defen
dants to less than 6 months, 102 defendants to detention, and 38 defendants to fines. The percentage of cases receiving an imprisonment sentence was 48.29%, representing an incr
ease of 18.67% from the same period last year. (See Table 2 for details)
(b) Sentences were carried out in 541 cases against 567 defendants, representing an increase of 249 cases (or 244 defendants) from the same period last year. Amongst these, 484 (509 de
fendants) were sentenced to imprisonment or detention convertible to fines, and 473 defe
ndants had paid their fines, representing 92.93% of the convertible cases. In 1 case conversion was not permitted, representing 0.20% of convertible cases. (Note: the number of convertible cases already carried out represented 78.17% of total number of convertible cases, and in only 0.09% of cases was conversion not permitted.)(See Table 3 for details)