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January 2005 |
Managing Partner Arthur Shay
was invited to be the moderator of "2005 Taiwan Cable and Satellite
TV Broadcasting Operations Seminar" held by the Media R&D
Center, endorsed by Government Information Office (Taiwan Broadcasting
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The development of digital television
in Taiwan is soaring in recent years. The Government Information Office
(GIO) hopes explore the cable and satellite broadcasting and television
industries towards the trend and map out related strategies before
the era of digitalization of wireless radio. Therefore, the GIO entrusts
the Media R&D Center to hold the "2005 Taiwan Cable and Satellite
TV Broadcasting Operations Seminar" on January 11-12, 2005 to
form a public forum for related industry operators.
Managing Partner Arthur Shay, with his specialty in the field of
broadcasting and telecommunications, was invited to be the moderator
of the two sessions: "The Issues of Channel Licensing Royalty
and Subscribers Fee in Cable Industry" and "The Role of
the Regulators of Central and Local Government in the Cable Industry".
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September 24,
2004 |
Managing Partner Arthur Shay
invited to address "Whose Rules Does the Broadband Follow –
The Regulated or the Unregulated?" on a symposium hosted by the
Fair Trade Commission. |
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The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) held
the "Digital Convergence and Market Competition Symposium"
at Taichung Evergreen Hotel on September 24, 2004 , and invited representatives
in industries, governments and academics to discuss the rapid development
of digital convergence and related market competition.
Partner Arthur Shay made a presentation entitled "Whose Rule
Does the Broadband Follow-the Regulated or the Unregulated?"
on the focus of licensing regime to discuss the relations among
broadband development, industrial policy, industrial regulation,
and market competition. And he analyzed how will the licensing affect
market competition, and the methods to stimulate competition by
ways of regulated or unregulated. In addition, the discussion extended
to what rules should broadband follow in a further analysis on conflicts
and cooperation between sector authority and competition agency.
In the end, MOD case was discussed for further elaboration on those
regulations and licensing planning in the future.
Any who is interested in the broadband development and market competition
can refer to the website of FTC for details: www.ftc.gov.tw. |
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June 2, 2004 |
Managing Partner Arthur Shay
attended the "Assessment of Impact on Releasing Additional 3G
Spectrum Frequency" seminar hosted by Taiwan Telecommunication
Industry Development Association (TTIDA) on June 2, 2004. |
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Ministry of Transportation and Communication
(MOTC) planned to release the returned 2x5MHz frequencies of 1900
MHz low tier cordless telephone service in terms of additional spectrum
for third generation (3G) mobile communication business. For this
reason, the Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT) of MOTC
hosted two consultation conferences this April and May to gather opinions
from specialists, scholars and related organizations with regard to
legal and regulatory affairs, frequency interference, bottom price
for bidding and releasing methods.
On purpose of improving development of telecom industry and the
concern of impact on planned case of additional spectrum releasing,
TTIDA hosted the "Assessment of Impact on Releasing Additional
3G Spectrum Frequency" seminar on June 2 to invite specialists
and scholars to deliver opinions for discussion, and expects to
reach consensus on this theme for competent authority reference.
Managing Partner Arthur Shay attended this seminar and delivered
a speech on the discussion agenda of releasing additional 3G spectrum. |
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December 11, 2003 |
Arthur Shay was invited to attend
the conference on "The Future of the NCC Organization" held
by the Broadcasting Development Fund |
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The above captioned conference was
held on 11th December. Hosted by Professor
Yo-li Liu at the Department of Radio & Television National Chengchi
University, the guests that included Jia-huei Wu, Deputy of the Directorate
General of Telecommunications, MOTC, Robert Chi-shen Ho , Section
Chief of the Department of Radio & Television Affairs of the GIO,
Jack Chang, CEO of PC-Radio Corporation, and our managing partner
Arthur Shay, discussed the establishment and future outlook of NCC.
During the conference, Arthur Shay opposed to observing the establishment
and development of NCC from a political perspective, he asserted that
"the concept of market is vital to the establishment of NCC.
The responsible authorities should listen to the voice of the consumers
and allow free flow of ideas between business operators and consumers
so as to minimize potential conflict. NCC should position itself as
a public forum where different opinions could be expressed."
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September 16,
2003 |
Arthur Shay attended “the
telecommunication framework in the digital broadcasting age”
seminar |
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Hosted by Liberty Times on 16th September
2003, the above-captioned seminar witnessed the discussion on the
necessity and suitability of Broadcasting Laws by associated authorities.
Managing Partner Arthur Shay was invited on the capacity of a leading
expert in the field.
Arthur Shay pointed out that "Taiwan enjoys certain advantages
in the development of digital age, as over the past 15 years, the
rapid expansion of cable television has served as solid foundation
for Taiwan citizens to embrace the era of digital television or digital
broadband services. In the next 10 years, we have full confidence
in overcoming the digital gap, with the main tool being cable television.
Through more lenient legal restrictions and more effective media guiding
structure, the cable television may enable Taiwan to showcase our
digital achievement to the neighboring countries and even set an example
as a leader in the digital industry."
The momentum and the future development of digital television is foreseeable
in the powerful combination of the government proposes three-in-one
broadcasting television law, communication and broadcasting basic
law and communication and broadcasting committee legislations.
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September 2, 2003 |
Arthur Shay speaked on "the
telecommunication market in China and Hong Kong" |
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In the seminar titled "Management
and Marketing of Telecommunication" hosted by the National Chengchi
University on the 2nd September 2003, Arthur Shay was invited to speak
on "the telecommunication market in China and Hong Kong".
The seminar was held as a result of increased competition in the telecommunication
industry after the liberalization of telecommunication and internet
services. How should the telecommunication business face the challenge
and impacts of globalization? How should new comers fight for market
shares? How should people both within and outside the industry keep
themselves abreast with the latest development? The huge market potential
in Hong Kong and Mainland China the various applicable framework and
policies are particularly important issues on the agenda.
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July 10, 2003 |
Arthur Shay delivered the speech
"Digital Copyright Control" at Development and Policy Planning
of Digital Media Discussion ForumSponsored by Broadcasting Development
Fund |
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Mr. Arthur Shay, the managing partner,
was invited by the Broadcasting Development Fund to participate as
a speaker to talk about digital copyright control in the Development
and Policy Planning of Digital Media Discussion Forum sponsored by
the Broadcasting Development Fund on July 10, 2003 at the Administration
Building of Taipei County.
In order to follow the global trend of digitalization, Taiwan's media
industry is moving gradually into a digitalized era. However, there
are several obstacles that lie in the path of media digitalization.
The Broadcasting Development Fund, in organizing the discussion forum
on the development and policy planning of digital media, wishes to
discuss the potential of digital media industry and to explore the
possible solutions to overcome these obstacles. For people who were
interested in the event but were unable to attend the discussion forum,
please visit the Broadcasting Development Fund’s website and
watch the broadcast of that day's event online at http://www.bdf.org.tw.
In a society where technology progresses at a rapid rate, digital
copyright has become an important asset. To learn more on issues such
as the use of digital material, please see Mr. Arthur Shay’s
speech on "Digital Copyright Control".
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June 2003 |
Arthur Shay attended "the
relationship between Taiwan's entry into the WTO and the activities
in the telecommunications services industry" |
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June 2003 |
Completion of "the opening
of Mainland China's telecommunication market after its WTO accession"
Report by the Research Department at Shay & Partners |
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March 2003 |
Arthur Shay / Ethan Hsiao provided
opinions in public forum on "six million broadband users at home”
and “the problem with establishment of Last Mile" |
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December 2002 |
Arthur Shay participated in "the
competitiveness of the media industry in Taiwan" forum |
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September 2002 |
Arthur Shay as key speaker in
"2002 Taiwan cable television industry summit" hosted by
Hong Kong Media Partners Asia |
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May 2002 |
Arthur Shay delivered speech
on "the Trend and Impact of Mergers & Consolidation on the
Telecoms" in the "5th Taiwan Telecoms International Summit
2002" |
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April 2002 |
Arthur Shay delivered speech
on "the development of the telecommunication industry in China
and Hong Kong" |
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April 2002 |
Arthur Shay delivered speech
on "the development of the telecommunication industry in China
and Hong Kong" |
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May 15, 2002 |
Delivered speech entitled "The
Trend and Impact of Mergers & Consolidation on the Telecom Industry"
at the "5th Annual Taiwan Telecom International Summit" |
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March 2002 |
Published study chronicling Mainland
China's telecom market and legal environment and analyzing market
entry strategies |
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June 2001 |
Organized workshop entitled "Licensing
of Third Generation (3G) Mobile Phone Licenses -- Taiwan Tactics"
which involved more than 25 high-ranking telecom executives |
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June 1998 to November
2000. |
Organized series of seminars
on "The Allocation of Scarce Telecommunication Resources"
with titles including "Liberalization of Fixed Network and the
Impact on Administrative Policies for Wireless Frequencies,"
"The Governing Authority after Integration of Communication Media,"
"Comparative Analysis of 4C," "Future Trends for the
Second Generation Telecommunication Services,” “In-depth
Discussions on 3G Telecommunication Businesses" and "Issuance
of Licenses for 3G Mobile Phones," |
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September 1999 |
Participated in seminar entitled
"Interconnection Taiwan" at the Grand Hyatt, Taipei |
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September 1999 |
Delivered lecture entitled "The
Biggest Variable in the Fixed Network Operational Market" at
the international seminar on "Telecommunications Development
and Business Opportunities" held by the Institute of International
Conferences, Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei, |
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June 1999 |
Participated in Conference on
"Distribution of Scarce Resources in Telecommunications Enterprises”
at the Exchange Club, Taipei |
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February 1999 |
Delivered lecture entitled “Risk
Evaluation of Competition in the Municipal Telephone Market”
at the “Taiwan Telecommunications Summit” held by the
Institute for International Conferences |
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January 1999 |
Delivered speech on “Liberalization
of Fixed Network Operations” at the annual conference held by
the Radio Exchange Association |
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September 1998 |
Delivered speech entitled “Developing
a Fair Interconnection Scheme for Taiwan” at the 7th Annual
International Telecommunications Conference sponsored by Chunghwa
Telecom |
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August 1998 |
Served as consultant to Taiwan
Directorate General of Telecommunications and drafted legislation
pertaining to the liberalization of fixed Telecommunication networks |
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June 1998 |
Delivered speech addressing the
role of multiple system operators in cable television and the pending
satellite TV law bill at the 8th Annual Taiwan Satellite and Cable
Television Conference |
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January 1998 |
Participated in the Liberalization
of Fixed Telecommunications Network Task Force by invitation of Taiwan
Directorate General of Telecommunications |
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November 1997 |
Served as special consultant
to the Taiwan Council for Economic Planning and Development on telecom-related
issues and collaborated with Ovum Pty. Ltd. on a project regarding
policy formulation for liberalization of the fixed telecom industry |
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October 1997 |
Delivered speech entitled “Understanding
the Telecom Investment Environment of Asia” at the TeleREFORM
Asia conference held by the Institute of International Research |
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June 1997 |
Delivered speech addressing the
changing business environment for cable TV in Taiwan at the 7th Annual
Taiwan Satellite and Cable Television Conference |
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June 1997 |
Delivered speech addressing legal
issues relating to Internet phone use under the Telecommunications
Act at the Conference on Internet Phone Use held by the Academia Sinica |
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March 1997 |
Delivered speech entitled “Legal
and Regulatory Analysis of Telecommunications Deregulation in Taiwan”
at the 2nd International Taiwan Wireless Telecommunications Summit
held by the Institute of International Research |
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February 1997 |
Delivered speech entitled “Legal
Considerations Relating to Doing Business in Taiwan” at the
Taiwan Satellite & Cable TV Conference held by AIC |
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November 1996 |
Delivered speech entitled “Privatization
of Telecommunications” at the International Telecommunications
Symposium held by Chunghwa Telecom |
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November 1996 |
Delivered speech entitled “Copyright
Protection Relating to Satellite Programming in Taiwan” at the
Cable and Satellite Asia Conference in Hong Kong |
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September 1996. |
Delivered speech entitled "Regulatory
Difficulties Facing the Taiwan Cable Television Industry" at
the Taipei Satellite & Cable Conference |
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June 1996 |
Delivered speech entitled "The
Regulatory Problems pertaining to the Taiwan Cable Television"
at the Asia Pacific Summit on Communications held by AIC |
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April 1996 |
Sponsored the First International
Taiwan Telecom Summit held by the Institute for International Research,
discussing issues relating to liberalization of the telecom industry
in Taiwan |
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April 2005 |
Attorney Arthur Shay was invited
by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Economic Affairs to lecture
on a seminar of "Strategic Planning of Digitalized Commerce"
series, and he focused on "E-commerce Law and Case Study" |
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Attorney Arthur Shay was invited
by the seminar series "Strategic Planning of Commerce Digitalization"
hosted Department of Commerce, MOEA to lecture "E-commerce
Law and Case Study" on April 16, 2005 (Saturday) in the campus
of National Chung Cheng University.
To fulfill better operational performance of enterprise under the
trend of e-commerce, the Department of Commerce creates a series
of seminars "Strategic Planning of Commerce Digitalization"
through traditional lecture, group study, strategic seminars and
latest e-learning manner to achieve the goal of lifetime learning
and upgrade the value of overall enterprise in line with the international
trend. The series course were beginning from April of 2005, every
Saturday in National Chung Cheng University.
Among various planning of commerce digitalization, law is a critical
factor. How to use the electronic information to protect your interests
and not to infringe others’ interests will be an important
issue that shall not be ignored.
Related courses please refer to the page of National Chung Cheng
University: http://www.ebusiness.ccu.edu.tw/new/
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March 2005 |
Attorney David Wei addressed
the Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training, Council of Labor
Affair on "The False and Deceptive Ads Issues Under the Consumer
Protection Law and Fair Trade Law" |
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Attorney David Wei was invited by the
Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training (BEVT) to make a speech
to the colleagues regarding consumer disputes and protective measures.
Under the title "The False and Deceptive Ads Issues Under the
Consumer Protection Law and Fair Trade Law", Attorney Wei delivered
the perspectives of legal practice on how to confront the consumer
disputes of false and deceptive ads to help the colleagues of BEVT
deal with the said issues. |
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March 2005 |
Attorney, David Wei gave an educational
training course of "Personal Data Protection and Enterprises'
Preparation" |
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In March, 2005, Attorney David Wei
was invited by a large enterprise to give an educational course of
"Personal Data Protection and Enterprises' Preparation".
In such a course, Attorney Wei lectured the trainers on general principles
of personal data protection and practicing experiences in litigation.
The notion of personal data protection has been established in daily
matters, but how to protect personal data in the digital era? What’s
the trend of the amendments to the Personal Data Protection Law to
deal with the loophole of personal data protection? To what extent
the enterprises should notice regarding the problems arising from
the personal data protection? |
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January 2005 |
Attorney David Wei was invited
by Hsin-Chih Consultant Co. to address "Legal Issues on Outsourcing
and Human Resource Dispatch" of the "2005 Discover New Trends
– Human Resource Management Seminar" Series |
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The triangle relations among the employer,
employee and the human resource (HR) dispatch business under the two
different HR methods, outsourcing and human resource dispatch, will
arise many unexpected legal disputes. How to prevent the disputes
among the complicated relationship and how to conclude proper agreements
to achieve the goal of HR dispatch are crucial HR topics in the enterprises. |
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September 23,
2004 |
Attorney Christopher Neumeyer
was invited to address "PROMOTING TRUST IN ONLINE SALES THROUGH
THE USE OF ESCROW" on 2004 eAsia Week -- e-Trust International
Conference hosted by the Commerce Department of Ministry of the Economic
Affairs |
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Recently, the issues about the leak
of customer's information, the intrusion of website, the flood of
SPAM on the web, the fraud of web-auction…etc., are reported
on all kinds of media. These negative issues do affect consumers'
trading behavior; Therefore, Department of Commerce MOEA hosted the
international conference to discuss the current trend & mechanism
of trust in E-commerce, and to help our enterprises marching toward
a healthy direction.
Attorney Christopher Neumeyer was invited to be a keynote speaker
on "Promoting Trust In Online Sales Through the Use of Escrow"
to elaborate how the escrow scheme can improve the confidence on
online trading.
Any who is interested in online trading, can refer to the following
page for details: http://www.ec.org.tw/net/seminar/
seminar_detail.asp?SemiID=89
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September 2004 |
Managing Partner Arthur Shay
& Christopher Neumeyer (Attorney at Law admitted in California)
attended "2nd OECD WORKSHOP ON SPAM" conference in Busan,
Korea |
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The problems associated with SPAM include:
significant increase of production cost for businesses and internet
users, provocative and controversial contents, waste of internet resources,
hacking of electronic transactions and internet security as well as
negative impact on the confidence level of internet users just to
name a few. Various countries have established necessary legal constraints
to combat potential damages of SPAM. The conference "2nd OECD
WORKSHOP ON SPAM" was hosted by the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development from 8th to 9th September, 2004 allowed
representatives from different countries to discuss practical and
feasible solutions.
Managing Partner Arthur Shay attended the conference as the e-commerce
expert of NICI on behalf of the Taiwan government and was the speaker
at Session 1 Panel Discussion. Attorney Christopher Neumeyer also
updated the participants on the current status of SPAM in Taiwan,
and exchanged ideas with the representatives in formulating the
most appropriate legal strategies for the island.
OECD WORKSHOP ON SPAM information website:
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,2340,
en_2649_22555297_33680935_1_1_1_1,00.html |
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May 18, 2004 |
Managing Partner Arthur Shay
gave an E-commerce lecture titled "Transactional Safety Scheme
and Current Development of Electronic Finance" for the 2nd Senior
Class of Electronic Finance Extension Education of the Taiwan Academic
of Banking and Finance (TABF) on May 18, 2004. |
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To confront with the challenge in the
era of knowledge-based economy, the TABF actively promotes the financial
learning environment of knowledge-based economy and enhance the quality
of financial professionals. By means of educational training, it will
encourage staff’s ability on core knowledge and comply with
business operational strategy and overall development.
The Senior Class of Electronic Finance has won high praise ever
since it commenced last year. In the environment of electronic finance,
it is necessary to realize the information not only from the technological
progress but also the legal controversies therefrom. For gaining
from the lecture experience last year, this time attorney Arthur
Shay addressed the topic of transactional safety scheme of electronic
financial trading to enable the employees in related field for better
understanding on the information safety issue, and to maintain the
stability and creditability of electronic financial trading.
Attorney Arthur Shay addressed "Transactional Safety Scheme
and Current Development of Electronic Finance" at 18:30 on
May 18, 2004. Related information and registration can be reached
on the website of the TABF.
The website of the TABF is under the following link:
http://www.tabf.org.tw/tw/tra/
TR_class_detail.asp?class_period=01819_2 |
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May 2004 |
Managing Partner served as speaker
on the topic "Legal Issues on the Performance Guarantee of E-Commerce
Trading" for the seed talents of B2C E-commerce training courses
hosted by the Department of Commerce of MOEA |
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To assist online stores towards the
sound development, the Department of Commerce of MOEA particularly
plans the training courses for the seed talents of B2C e-commerce.
On the main theme of "How to Be a Reliable Online Store",
the course will elaborate the self regulation on the cyberspace, establishment
of online reliable payment service, creation of reputation of good
brands, and provide related legal issues in operating an online store
to help the online store owners to establish the B2C stores the consumers
can rely on and promote the sound development of e-commerce consuming
environment.
The course of "How to Be a Reliable Online Store" was held
at the Room 904 of the Department of Extension Education, the Chinese
Culture University (9F, 231 Jien-Kuo S Rd. Sec 2, Taipei) on May 10,
2004. Attorney Arthur Shay speaked on the topic "Legal Issues
on the Performance Guarantee of E-Commerce Trading " and hope
through the explanation of trade performance guarantee to provide
another type of online trading pretection.
Related Information please refer to the website: http://www.ec.org.tw/net/seminar/
seminar_detail.asp?SemiID=83 |
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March 2004 |
Educational training "A
Research on the New Government Procurement Act and Case Study"
by Attorney David Wei |
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The amendment to the Government Procurement
Act (GPA) promulgated in February 2002. Attorney David Wei picked
several important articles providing for audience to easily understand
the new procurement measures in the amendment, for example: some kinds
of invitation to tender need no approval by the superior entity, relax
the requirements of limited tendering, revising the time-limit for
tendering, regulations on the bid bond and guarantee bond, the alternatives
of supplier's qualification to tender, and the relief and settlement
of a dispute in relation to the performance of the contract in question.
These points are needed to be learned by the firms or manufacturers
who want to make deals with the government. |
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March 02, 2004 |
Managing Partner Arthur Shay
attended “The 4th AP Net Abuse Workshop during APRICOT 2004--
APCAUCE Anti-SPAM & Net Abuse” conference in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia |
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The problems associated with SPAM include:
significant increase of production cost for businesses and internet
users, provocative and controversial contents, waste of internet resources,
hacking of electronic transactions and internet security as well as
negative impact on the confidence level of internet users just to
name a few. Various countries have established necessary legal constraints
to combat potential damages of SPAM. The conference"APCAUCE Anti-
SPAM & Net Abuse" hosted by the APCAUCE(The Asia Pacific
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email) on 26th February,
2004 will allow representatives from different countries to discuss
practical and feasible solutions.
Managing Partner Arthur Shay attended the conference as an e-commerce
expert of NICI on behalf of the Taiwan government, and delivered an
address "Taiwan Update: Why So Much Spam? What is Being Done
to Reduce it?". He not only updated the participants on the current
status of SPAM in Taiwan, and exchanged ideas with the representatives
in formulating the most appropriate legal strategies for the island.
APCAUCE information website:
http://www.apcauce.org/
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January 26, 2004 |
Managing Partner Arthur Shay
& Christopher Neumeyer (Attorney at Law admitted in California)
attended “OECD WORKSHOP ON SPAM” conference in Brussels,
Belgium |
Arthur Shay
Christopher M. Neumeyer |
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The problems associated with SPAM include:
significant increase of production cost for businesses and internet
users, provocative and controversial contents, waste of internet resources,
hacking of electronic transactions and internet security as well as
negative impact on the confidence level of internet users just to
name a few. Various countries have established necessary legal constraints
to combat potential damages of SPAM. The conference “OECD WORKSHOP
ON SPAM” was hosted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development from 2nd to 3rd February, 2004 was allowed representatives
from different countries to discuss practical and feasible solutions.
Managing Partner Arthur Shay attended the conference as the e-commerce
expert of NICI on behalf of the Taiwan government. Attorney Christopher
Neumeyer was not only update the participants on the current status
of SPAM in Taiwan, but also exchanged ideas with the representatives
in formulating the most appropriate legal strategies for the island.
OECD WORKSHOP ON SPAM information website:
http://www.oecd.org/document/0/
0,2340,en_2649_34267_21648384_1_1_1_1,00.html |
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December 26, 2003 |
Arthur Shay was invited by the
Legislative Yuan to speak on "the Management of Spam and its
related legislations" |
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In the attempt to gain a better insight
into the highly controversial issue of Spam, the Legislative Yuan
invited our Managing Partner Arthur Shay to speak on the status of
Spam in the international arena and the applicable policies and appropriate
strategies in Taiwan.
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November 28, 2003 |
Arthur Shay , Managing Partner
, delivered a speech on "Cyberspace: Info-communications, Law,
and Society" |
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On On 28th November, 2003, at a forum
entitled "Cyberspace: Info-communications, Law, and Society"
hosted by the Institute of Law for Science and Technology at National
Tsing Hua University, Attorney
Arthur Shay delivered a speech on "New regulations on internet
transactions in the new century – human dignity and commercial
benefits."
In this two-day forum, experts in the fields of information technology,
law and internet safety as well as relevant government legislative
department officers were invited to discuss the potential impacts
of the application of some primary technology such as IPV6, with the
hope of gaining greater insight into the development process of international
cyberspace and its future outlook.
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November 2003 |
Completion of "International
E-commerce E-HUB legislations" Report |
Tzu-Tien Huang |
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E-HUB E-commerce interaction platform
is a point of contact for multiple-users to perform various activities
on the internet. The multi-purpose E-HUB E-commerce interaction platform
could be utilized to provide information on product services and to
serve as transaction channel between buyers and sellers. The operation
of E-HUB E-commerce interaction platform raises legal issues of fair
competition that is identical to the traditional antitrust problems,
to combat which the Scholars in the field suggest fair competition
legislations as sufficient legal source. The majority of scholars
in the country and abroad believe that provision of adequate strategic
guidance to E-HUB E-commerce interaction platform operators could
avoid potential unfair competition. The development of e-commerce
has no doubt out-paced the implementation of relevant legislations.
While taking advantage of the convenience brought about by e-commerce,
any related legal issues should also be considered as precaution.
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July 2003 |
Completion of "E-commerce
Escrow" Report |
Vicky Hsu
Christopher M. Neumeyer |
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"Escrow" refers to the situation
when a third party is legally appointed or assigned to hold custody
of certain documents, contracts, money, securities or other properties
and assets; in the event of the occurrence of specified event or condition,
the appointee then transfers the concerned properties to designated
person. The Escrow transaction method sufficiently protects the rights
of both buyers and sellers hence promotes consumer trust on e-transactions
and encourages more online shopping and other activities on the internet.
On the other hand, the unrestricted expansion of Escrow business has
led to the establishment of virtual Escrow companies conducting fraudulent
internet activities. Closer surveillance of Escrow operators and the
enforcement of stricter selection of members and suitable compensation
structures may efficiently decreases the likelihood of fraud while
promoting transaction safety. In sum, legislative restriction and
administrative monitoring are imperative to the proper development
of Escrow business.
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July 12, 2003 |
Arthur Shay delivered a speech
"E-Commerce Law and Case Studies" Sponsored by Department
of Commerce, Ministry of Economic Affairs |
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Arthur Shay, the managing partner,
has been invited by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Economic
Affairs, to hold a session for its commercial datamation strategy
and planning seminars. He will be giving a lecture at the National
Chung Cheng University on Saturday, July 12, 2003 on "E-Commerce
Law and Case Studies".
In order to achieve e-commercialization of businesses in their administration
and operation, the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Economic Affairs,
has set up commercial datamation strategy and planning seminars. It
wishes to accomplish the goal of lifetime learning through traditional
lectures, group reports, strategy seminars and e-learning web-based
education to promote the overall output value of local businesses
in line with global trends. The seminars will be held every Saturday
at the National Chung Cheng University from June 21, 2003, to August
2, 2003.
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June 20, 2003 |
Arthur Shay delivered the speech
at "Copyright Law Seminar", hosted by Commonwealth Publishing
Company Editorial Department Research and Study Workshop |
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In order for their employees at the
editorial department to have the newest update regarding copyright
issues and to use electronic information with caution, Commonwealth
Publishing Company has organized a research and study workshop and
has invited Mr. Arthur Shay, the managing partner, as the lecturer
to talk about copyright law and to explain any questions they may
have with respect to copyright issues encountered at work.
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June 20, 2003 |
David Wei delivered the speech
"Credit Right Preservation and Trade Secret Law, for one company’s
Education and Training Seminar" |
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In order to fully control the use and
the secrecy of their financial affairs, businesses must have a basic
knowledge of credit right preservation and trade secret.
Our attorney, Mr. David Wei, was invited by a renowned textile company
in Taiwan to give a lecture on “credit rights preservation and
trade secret law” at its education and training seminar on June
19, 2003.
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March 2003 |
Arthur Shay gave a speech on
“The current status and safety mechanism of electronic financial
transactions” |
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February 2003 |
Arthur Shay / David Wei participated
in “The concept and management of business intellectual property
rights” training program |
Arthur Shay
David Wei |
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November 2002 |
Arthur Shay acted as key speaker
on "definition and evaluation of internet economy application
index in Taiwan summit forum" |
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May 2002 |
Arthur Shay conducted in-house
training for China Trust Commercial Bank on "the mechanisms and
current status of internet transactions" |
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May 2002 |
Arthur Shay as key speaker in
"Legal implication of Cross-border notarization" forum |
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March 2002 |
Arthur Shay instructed advanced-level
electronic finance class on "the safety mechanism and current
status of electronic financial" |
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November 2001 |
Sponsored and delivered speech
at seminar "The Influence on Business of the Passage of the Electronic
Signature Law and PKI Implementation" held by GC&C, Taipei
International Convention Center |
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August 2001 |
Participated in workshop at the
Exchange Club, Taipei, entitled "E-Commerce Issues related to
Domestic Airline Booking System" with Commissioners Chen Yin-Chin
and Hsu Tzi-Yi of the FTC as speakers. CEOs and COOs of all major
domestic airline companies were in attendance |
Shay & Partners |
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July 2001 |
Attended the "The Asia PKI
Forum Chinese Taipei Promotion Committee," an organization sponsored
by Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs |
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September 2000 |
Published "Elite On-Line
Legal Forum" in collaboration with New Silk Road bookstore. The
forum is comprised of articles drafted by professionals and lawyers
on topics including the Internet, fair trade, biotech, finance, e-commerce,
telecommunications, and intellectual property rights |
Shay & Partners |
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June 2000 |
Assisted Legislative Yuan representative
Mr. Zhi Jia Lin in drafting the Electronic Signature Bill |
Shay & Partners |
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November 1999 |
Conducted "EC-Manager's
e-123 In-Depth Dialogue" at Shin Kong Tun Hua Building, Taipei |
Shay & Partners |
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Fall 1999 |
Collaborated with PC Home On-Line
on a weekly column on Y2K |
Shay & Partners |
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Fall 1999 |
Collaborated with PC Office magazine
on a column on Y2K Laws |
Shay & Partners |
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August 1999 |
Interviewed by the Central Radio
Station concerning possible repercussions of Y2K |
Shay & Partners |
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July 1999 |
Delivered speech on “Legal
Issues on E-Commerce” at the “ICE E-Commerce Forum”
held by the Internet Commerce Expo |
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April 1999 |
Collaborated with PC Office magazine
on a column entitled "Information and the Law" |
Shay & Partners |
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March 1999 |
Delivered speech on "Measures
to Prevent Legal Risks Resulting from the Y2K Crisis" delivered
to personnel of the Grand Hotel |
Arthur Shay |
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March 1999 |
Delivered speech on "Measures
to Handle Y2K Crisis by Medical Professionals" to medical officials
and personnel at the Far Eastern Hotel held by the Institute for International
Conference |
Shay & Partners |
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February 1999 |
Conducted seminar on "Handling
Legal Problems relating to Y2K" |
Shay & Partners |
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October 1998 |
Published "Legal Questions
and Answers in the Information Age" addressing common legal problems
in the information age |
Shay & Partners |
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August 1998 |
Published "Forestalling
the Year 2000 Computer Crisis" offering advice for government
and industries |
Shay & Partners |
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June 1998 |
Delivered speech addressing legal
issues regarding securities transactions over the Internet and the
Y2K computer crisis at seminars held by the Taipei Securities Trading
Association |
Arthur Shay |
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May 1998 |
Co-organized the Net-Bankers’
Forum with the magazine Communications, addressing actions taken by
the governments of Taiwan, the United States, and Japan to combat
the Y2K problem |
Shay & Partners |
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April 1998 |
Delivered speech entitled "Legal
Challenges Relating to Internet Business Transactions" before
the Electronic Industry Association Task Force at invitation of the
National Information Infrastructure |
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March and April
1998 |
Organized Conference on Legal
Issues Involving Transactions Over the Internet and published papers
entitled "Internet and the Law," "Legal Issues Relating
to Business Transactions Over the Internet," and "Securities
Transactions Over the Internet" |
Shay & Partners |
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March 1998 |
Retained as legal counsel for
organizer of "New Century for the Internet" Conference dealing
with legal issues relating to the Internet |
Shay & Partners |
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October 1996 |
Delivered speech entitled "Legal
and Safety Issues on the Internet" at the First Internet Seminar
in Taiwan held by the National Science Foundation |
Arthur Shay |
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