Commercial cases adjudication by Intellectual Property and Commercial Court officially in effect

　The Intellectual Property and Commercial Court (hereinafter referred to as the “IPC Court”) has officially kicked off its operation as of July 1, 2021 after consolidating and reorganizing with the existing Intellectual Property Court established since July 1, 2008, so as to adjudicate major commercial disputes in an appropriate, expeditious, and professional process, to optimize corporate governance, upgrade Taiwan’s business environment, and ultimately to boost economic development. 

　The IPC Court specifically hears and adjudicates major commercial litigious and non-litigious matters involving the price or value of the claim equivalent to or more than one hundred million Taiwan Dollars or involving any public company and thus greatly affecting trading order and investors’ rights and interests.  The IPC Court operates at the same level as the High Court in a two-level and two-instance adjudication system with professional judges and commercial examiners recruited.  Also, the IPC Court adopts such mechanism as mandatory preliminary mediation, mandatory representation by attorneys, trial plan discussion and formulation, e-filing transmission of written statements, distance interrogation and use of e-facility, litigant’s inquiry system, expert witness, and confidentiality preservation order, etc..  (Released 2021.07.01) 

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