Hotel Check: Hotel Indigo Kaohsiung, Taiwan

PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTS This is the city’s only hotel from an international brand, and its location near Central Park and a popular night market along with its unique interior design make it a favorite of business and leisure travelers to Taiwan’s third ... ( read original story ...)

Pillsbury Prepares New Taiwan Office After Raid on V&E

Intellectual property litigators Christopher Kao and David Tsai have left Vinson & Elkins to join Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman as partners in San Francisco. Kao and Tsai, both of whom are among the fewer than 50 registered foreign lawyers in Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

Patents and Patentability in Taiwan

It is important to remember that Taiwan is not a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and has not signed on to most WIPO-administered agreements, but Taiwan has bilateral intellectual property related agreements and memorandums of ... ( read original story ...)

K&L Gates Adds Partners in Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo

Owen Chio, who is working at the firm’s office in Taipei, comes from KPMG Law ... He also counsels on issues related to data privacy, cybersecurity and intellectual property. Before becoming the head of Eversheds Sutherland’ Asia technology practice ... ( read original story ...)

Company Briefs: SLB Development

The public tranche of property developer SLB Development's initial public offering ... These include mobility contracts like a turnkey project for Sanying MRT line in New Taipei City and rail electronics solutions for Bangkok BTS Sky Train. ( read original story ...)

Tourist damages ancient site in quest for good photo

In 2016, a tourist in Portugal was charged with destruction of private property after he climbed up next to a famous ... The previous year, a 12-year-old boy visiting a museum in Taipei, Taiwan, triggered facepalms the world over when he tripped over ... ( read original story ...)