Company: AGCC
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: F-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-068743
Chunk: 131

Company: Agencia Comercial Spirits Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: F-1/A
Chunk 131
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 shift the burden of proof. If a person’s name is stated as the copyright owner or a publication date or place is stated in an ordinary way on the reproductions of a work or when the work is published, the copyright of the work will be presumed to belong to such person and the work will be presumed to be published on such date or in such place. However, the claimed copyrights may be challenged by the counterparty in the court proceedings. Given that, it is recommended to preserve relevant evidence by having it notarized by a notary public. For important copyrighted work, it is recommendable to obtain a copyright certificate issued by a copyright owners’ organization so as to serve as prima facie evidence of the completion and ownership of the copyright. However, it is important to note that such private organizations do not and cannot conduct any substantive examination of the copyrightability of a work. Notwithstanding the above, there is no standard way to state relevant information or prove copyright ownership. In addition, if a defendant produces any 88 evidence to prove the contrary, the plaintiff would still bear the burden of proof and thus should submit documents on the creation process or other proof of the authorship or copyright ownership. Therefore, when a work’s copyrightable is being challenged, only a court will have a final say over such dispute on a case -by-casebasis. Trademarks Trademark rights in Taiwan are governed by the Trademark Act. The competent authority for the application and registration of trademarks is the TIPO. Types of protection include trademarks, certification marks, collective membership marks and collective trademarks. The trademarks which are registered are protected for 10 years from publication in the Trademark Gazette. This term may be extended successively every 10 years via application for renewal. Trade Secrets The Taiwan Trade Secret Act mainly governs the following items: (1) the required elements of a trade secret; (2) ownership of a trade secret; (3) the licensing of a trade secret; (4) misappropriation of a trade secret; (5) the civil remedy and criminal penalty for the misappropriation of a trade secret; (6) the issuance of a protective order during criminal investigation. Pursuant to the Trade Secret Act, the information that can be protected under the Trade Secret Act is defined as any method, technique, process, formula, program, design, or other information that may be used in the course of production, sale or operation, and must meet the following requirements: (1) secrecy; (2) economic value; and