Welcome to our overview of various Asia-Pacific COVID-19 measures and reliefs.
A proliferation of government measures has been issued in response to the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak. Our overview below summarizes some...more
It is a common practice for employers to impose non-competition obligations on employees both during and after termination of employment. The long standing issue is whether these obligations violate the right to work under...more
On July 1, 2015, an amendment (Amendment) to the Company Act of Taiwan took effect to establish a new category of company under the new Chapter 13, called “closely-held company limited by shares”, hereinafter, a 'close...more
Taiwan’s Fair Trade Act (FTA) governs the maintenance of the trading order, protects consumers’ interests, ensures fair competition and promotes economic stability and prosperity. Noznetheless, there were originally no...more
Taiwan has approximately 369 multi-level marketing (MLM) companies and a total of 3.09 million MLM participants, as of December 31, 2012. Adjusting for people who participate in more than one MLM company, almost 12% of...more
As Taiwanese manufacturers rely strongly upon licensed technologies to compete in world markets, Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (the “FTC”) issued its Guidelines for Technology Licensing Arrangements on January 20, 2001,...more