Intellectual Property Asia

PC World reports that Taiwan is to set up a specialised court for Intellectual Property Matters. Taiwan has long had problems with Intellectual Property issues and has been accused both by the US and the EU of ignoring infringements. Certainly experience in other countries shows that specialised courts can help in enforcing IP rights. Many judges are frightened by what they see as the combination of legal and technical issues and fail to realise the value of IP rights. Often they see "monopolies" which they consider inherently bad and so should be excluded - the reason behind the monopoly then becomes less significant.

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