Executive President Su Zhenchang will preside over the court meeting tomorrow, and plans to send a draft amendment to the "Intellectual Property Cases Trial Law" and some amendments to the "Intellectual Property and Commercial Court Organization Law" by letter from the Judicial Yuan of the Judicial Yuan to strengthen the protection of trade secrets in litigation.

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[Reporter Li Xinfang/Taipei Report] In order to ensure the stable development of the mountains of the country and strengthen the international competitiveness of Taiwanese enterprises.

The Executive Yuan will send a draft amendment to the "Intellectual Property Cases Trial Law" and some amendments to the "Intellectual Property and Commercial Court Organization Law" through a letter from the Judicial Yuan to strengthen the protection of trade secrets in litigation.

It is reported that the Council of the Judicial Yuan passed the amendment to the "Intellectual Property Cases Trial Law" on June 24 and sent it to the Executive Yuan by letter on July 20, which will be submitted to the Legislative Yuan for deliberation.

This revision of the law is the largest revision of the law since the implementation of the intellectual trial law for more than 10 years. In addition to listening to the opinions of all parties in the trial, procuratorial, debate, academic and related agencies, it integrates theoretical and practical operations, and refers to foreign legislative examples to build a more professional, Efficient and in line with the international trend of intellectual property litigation system.

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The 10 key points of this revision include: 1. Strengthening the protection of trade secret litigation; 2. Centralized trial of intellectual property cases; 3. Expanding the use of compulsory representation by lawyers; 4. Expanding the participation of experts in trials; 6. Promoting trial efficiency; 7. Resolving practical disputes; 8. Dispute resolution at one time; 9. Judicial E-upgrading; 10. Adding victim litigation participation system, etc.

It is worth noting that this revision of the law specifically revises the trade secret litigation protection system, making the "first-instance civil case" of trade secret crimes the exclusive jurisdiction of intellectual property and commercial courts. It is discussed, and the criminal responsibility is increased; the crime of violating the order to keep secrets abroad is also introduced.

In addition, the Executive Yuan will also discuss the draft amendments to some provisions of the "Juvenile Incident Handling Law" which will be sent to the Judicial Yuan at the meeting tomorrow. Legislative Yuan for consideration.