Trade Secret Enforcement In Taiwan (Video)

Acronym trademarks are widely used by international brands for their simplicity and versatility.

In late 2025, Taiwan made an unusual and high-stakes move to protect the proprietary technologies of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)...

When senior engineers move between rival tech giants, things can get... complicated. And that is exactly what is being seen in one of the most important...

We receive a fair number of intellectual property ("IP") case reports from Taiwan, and we like to report on these Taiwanese cases for one simple reason – these tend to be well written and they are easy to follow.

In this article, we discuss a trade mark case in Taiwan, dealing with confusingly similar trade marks.

The Taiwan Supreme Court has issued a powerful judgment (Burberry v. ETMall, 2025) that offers significant new direction for the calculation of trademark infringement damages.

From July 2024 through May 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released a trilogy of reports addressing issues at the intersection of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright law.

Over-the-Top (hereinafter "OTT") streaming technology has introduced revolutionary business models to the audiovisual industry, while also giving rise to controversies...

ENS' IP team likes to monitor IP cases from around the world. Although we deal with all sorts of trade mark issues, we admit that it is confusingly similarity claims...

Regular readers of our articles will know that we like to discuss trade mark cases from around the world and that many of the cases we report on are what would be referred to as ‘confusingly similar trade mark cases'. In this article, we discuss two trade mark cases recently heard in Taiwan.

The Senate's failure to achieve the 60-vote threshold on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act leaves the timeline for comprehensive federal cryptocurrency regulation uncertain. Two key obstacles emerged: concerns over ethics provisions designed to prevent senior officials from profiting from digital ventures, and unresolved disputes over activity-based rewards and yield payments on stablecoins that banking groups warn could drain deposits from community banks.

How can multinational corporations effectively navigate the complex landscape of tax disputes across multiple European jurisdictions? This analysis examines strategic approaches and procedural considerations...

The SEC has proposed a comprehensive modernization of federal transfer agent rules that would expressly permit the use of blockchain technology as a master securityholder file. The proposal introduces technology-neutral language alongside new reporting requirements for distributed ledger technology usage and tokenized securities activity.

As federal climate disclosure rules face rescission and state-level mandates remain largely stalled, California's SB 253 greenhouse gas reporting requirement stands as the sole advancing framework, creating a fragmented compliance landscape where multistate companies must navigate divergent regulatory trajectories. With the SEC's 2024 climate rules stayed and proposed for elimination, and California's Air Resources Board finalizing implementation mechanics for November 2026 reporting deadlines, the operatio

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, determining that when an AI agent acts at a user's direction, it is the user—not the AI company—who "accesses" computer systems under federal and California computer fraud statutes. This landmark appellate decision addresses how existing computer-access laws apply to agentic artificial intelligence and has significant implications...

A federal court has struck down New York's Climate Change Superfund Act, which sought to recover $75 billion from fossil fuel companies based on historical emissions. The ruling found the Act preempted by the Clean Air Act, marking the first judicial decision on state climate superfund legislation and establishing that EPA's rescission of the endangerment finding does not alter preemption analysis.

The European Commission has adopted final Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance under Article 102 TFEU, introducing a "workable effects approach" that narrows presumptions while expanding guidance on objective justifications and recognizing sustainability benefits as valid efficiencies for the first time. These Guidelines replace the 2008 Enforcement Priorities Guidance and are expected to significantly impact enforcement practices across EU Member States and beyond, particularly for digital market

In a recent PTAB decision, Director Squires addressed whether Microsoft's IPR petition should proceed despite Sandpiper CDN's discretionary denial request. The ruling hinged on two critical factors: the novelty of Microsoft's art citations and Sandpiper CDN's failure to disclose its own commonly assigned prior art during patent prosecution. This case provides important guidance on how patent owners' prosecution conduct can impact discretionary denial outcomes at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

The European Commission has proposed replacing the EU's three core procurement directives with a single, directly applicable Regulation that would fundamentally reshape how companies compete for public contracts across Member States. The reform introduces mandatory quality criteria thresholds, embeds ESG considerations as evaluation factors, and establishes new security and European-preference provisions that could restrict participation based on ownership, supply chain exposure, and strategic dependencies.

Early decisions about a start-up's legal structure can dramatically affect tax outcomes and financial returns as the company grows and reaches liquidity events. Understanding the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) exemption and implementing proper structuring from the outset can significantly enhance returns for both founders and investors.