[Fwd: Re: [hercules-390] please help --- ipl question]
"commanonce" <philp-3Y/[email protected]>
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> So did I facilitate piracy? Ms Liu is an IBM employee. Why she chose not to say so I've no idea. > Or respond to a feeler/trap on the part of the big blue company? Not with such an obvious email ID. I think there might have been one such feeler in the last month or so, though. > Or is it possibly true that laws and concerns > differ from country to county? Taiwan is a "Special 301 Watch" country: TAIWAN During the past year, Taiwan passed a number of new laws meant to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and bring the economy into compliance with its obligations under the TRIPS Agreement. These include certain amendments to its patent and copyright laws as well as new legislation to license the production of optical media, although the U.S. Government was disappointed that the optical media legislation was weakened before passage. Despite these positive steps, the lax protection of IPR in Taiwan remains very serious. U.S. companies report significant problems in being able to protect and enforce their intellectual property rights. Taiwan is one of the largest sources of pirated optical media products in the world. Its copyright law needs strengthening in a number of areas to deal with growing piracy. Corporate end-user piracy remains at a high level. Taiwan also suffers from trademark counterfeiting, including that of pharmaceuticals. Taiwan has only begun to take the steps necessary to enforce these new laws, particularly the optical media management statute. Nonetheless, the United States remains encouraged by the passage of these laws and the important first steps that have been taken in terms of implementation. The United States will continue our dialogue with Taiwan on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights during the coming year to help improve the situation. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption! http://us.click.yahoo.com/JjlUgA/vN2EAA/kG8FAA/dpFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: hercules-advocacy-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/