Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company continues to lead against its competitors in the IP field. Currently, the company is using its advanced 5-nanometer process in the commercial production of the A-series processors for Apple’s iPhone line. TSMC is also involved in the production of Apple’s M1 Ultra chip which will be used in Mac computers amongst other applications.

Despite a week of mostly negative news, the story of the last month has been one of more surprises than shocks, ...

Dawn raid. Two words that cause fear among in-house counsel, compliance officers and senior management, even more so when it occurs in a spoke location that might lack the resources and experience to manage an investigation, and where laws, regulation, business practices and/or language might differ dramatically. Taiwan, as in other Asian jurisdictions, continues to see raid activity by both financial regulators as well as prosecutors and other regulatory agencies. In their overview of investigatory raids in Taiwan, Dr George Lin and Ross Darrell Feingold of Lin & Partners discuss what internal stakeholders need to know in order to be better prepared.