Trade Secrets Act to be tightened
CRITICAL TECH: Economic Democracy Union convener Lai Chung-chiang said China takes advantage of legal loopholes to control local firms and steal trade secrets
By Hsieh Chun-ling and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Executive Yuan is to draft amendments to the Trade Secrets Act (營業秘密法) to define sensitive technologies in an effort to prevent China from stealing Taiwanese trade secrets, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chao Tien-lin (趙天麟) said yesterday.
The issue was brought to Premier Su Tseng-chang’s (蘇貞昌) attention by Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三), who told Su that amendments to the act were needed to address Chinese attempts to steal critical technologies from Taiwan, Chao said.