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A campaign by auto parts manufacturers to add a repair exemption to patent law has reached a dead end as lawmakers turned reticent and companies keep a low profile while battling a litany of lawsuits from international automakers.
The association of companies took their case to the legislature on Aug. 31, arguing that a “right to repair” clause is essential to create an “open and fair environment” for Taiwan’s aftermarket auto part industry.
Lawmakers seemed amenable to the proposal during the hearing, with Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tsai Yi-yu (蔡易餘) suggesting a time limit for patent validity.
However, support appears to have
Shun On Electronic Co (淳安電子) and Tayih Kenmos Auto Parts Co (大億金茂) yesterday created a joint venture to target the automotive camera market.
The joint venture, Min Yih Electronics Co (敏億電子), is to start mass production of high-end cameras for autonomous driving vehicles in the fourth quarter of next year, Shun On’s parent company Minth Group Ltd (敏實集團) said in a statement.
Minth is a Hong Kong-based investment holding company principally engaged in auto parts businesses.
Shun On acquired a 51 percent stake of FIT Electronics Device Pte Ltd in June last year, allowing it to indirectly acquire technology from Japan’s Sharp Corp,
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Judge Slams Auto Parts Maker s Foolish Sanctions Bid
Law360 (January 15, 2021, 10:22 PM EST) A California federal judge has lambasted a Taiwanese automobile lights maker s foolish and spiteful sanctions bid after it asked the judge to make its former U.S. distributor pay attorney fees for initiating the case rather than arbitrating it.
U.S. District Judge Otis Dalino Wright II had found that U.S. auto parts distributor Pilot Inc. should not have brought the $70 million customer-stealing case to court, agreeing with Taiwanese lights maker TYC Brother Industrial Co. Ltd. s argument that the issue should be arbitrated.