Reward for Piracy Reporting Increased up to the Maximum of NT$500,000.

  Intellectual Property Office (“IPO”) on April 18, 2005 announced that the reward for reporting and uncovering Internet counterfeiting and piracy will increase up to maximum of NT$500,000 and this is applicable to the cases reported or uncovered from the end of March of 2005.

 

  IPO stated that Internet infringement on music, movies, and other digital products are replacing traditional forms of piracy and counterfeiting. Meanwhile, sale of well-known brand products via Internet platform also takes a large slice of infringement. As a result, in order to effectively deter such new forms of Internet infringement, “Directions of Reward for Anti-Counterfeiting Cases” of the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ adds that the rewards granted to the informants or enforcement officers who report or uncover counterfeit products sold on the Internet in the cases regarding online sale of counterfeits should amount to 20% of the total retail price of the uncovered counterfeits, computers, and servers. 

 

  Besides, IPO has also drawn up “Internet Infringement Prevention Scheme” and will establish “Internet Infringement Joint Investigation Taskforce” to intensely investigate Internet infringement cases. In addition, to fully impede online illegality and secure users’ legal rights, IPO will also improve the coordination among the Internet service providers to promote the formation of self-discipline convention, formulate the regulations governing members and users, and reinforce campus Internet administration. (2005.4)

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