Unfair Trade Practices	Selected FTC Decisions

Peter Lugar violates Article 24 N.V. Nutricia (Taiwan) Fined for Continued Violation Program supplier violates FTL for failure to disclose pricing information N.V. Nutricia (Taiwan) Ltd. fined for false comparative advertising Nan I Book violates Fair Trade Law Fuyi Hsuan Food Factory fined for counterfeiting Miller of U.S. accused of exploiting others' results FTC investigates Tung Er Bread for violating the FTL Natural Gas Co. accused of abusing market position BOA accused of failing to list interest rates in lending contract Mustek Pacific alleges UMAX Data distributing untrue information, violating Articles 21 and 24 of the FTL Dynalab accused of violating FTL by circulating patent letter Company violates FTL for disrupting other's sale of hot compress bags Princeton Biomeditech Corporation's issuance of warning letter violates Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law Kwang Yang Motors deemed carrying untrue Ads, violating FTL HK Ambassador Resort Co. alleged for selling fraudulent products Central Trust, Taiwan Supply Bureau alleged of violating FTL TTWMB asks FTC to investigate on hoarding rice wine Shintao accused of abusing market position to charge improper maintenance fee FTC makes decisions against two water tower companies Enterprise deemed as having cooked price on water tower after major earthquake Company violating FTL for cooking price of generator in post-quake months A complaint alleging Costco Wholesale Corporation indiscriminately issued membership cards as a covert form of retail activity, in violation of the Fair Trade Law A Complaint Alleging that Great Sun Computer Co., Ltd. Used Presicarre Corp.'s Carrefour Trademark In Its Domain Name The Solicitation of Overseas Vacationing Resort Memberships by Taiwan Sunisland Int. Co., Ltd. Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(word file) The Jiahe Company Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by Copying a Well-Known Trademark of “Keendoon Rice(word file) Relying upon Their Superior Market Position, Niko Mart Chain Convenience Corporation, Pin Tai Distribution Enterprise, and Hi-Life Chain Convenience Corporation Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by Repeatedly Compelling Its Suppliers to Pay Additional Fees.(word file) The Fair Trade Commission Voluntarily Investigate Wellcome Taiwan Company Ltd.’s Violation of Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by Compelling Its Suppliers to Pay Additional Fees(word file) Dachan Great Wall Enterprise Co., Ltd., Charoen Pokphand Enterprise (Taiwan) Co., Ltd., Chia Hsin Livestock Corp., President Enterprises, Formosa Taffeta Co., Ltd., Sinojapan Industries and Shin Tai Industry Co., Ltd. Allegedly engaged in concerted action to raise livestock feed prices, and industry complained that an erroneous market analysis posted on the Foodchina.Com website affected the trading order, in violation of the Fair Trade Law(word file) Taiwan Province Paper Utensil Trade Association asked the Commission to assist with handling an unfair competition case in which Grade-Two Paper Producers raised carton and cardboard prices at different times causing midstream Grade-Two Paper Producers to compete for orders with downstream Grade-Three Paper Producers(word file) Yulong Motor Co., Ltd. Allegedly ran advertisements for sales of the SENTRA 180 Car in violation of Articles 21 and 24 of the Fair Trade Law(word file) Pao Tao Watch Co., Ltd. Alleged to have violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by taking a free ride on another enterprise’s reputation(word file) Lien Yi Foods Co., Ltd. And Pao Chin Wang Enterprises Co., Ltd. Allegedly imitated the appearance of “Che Liang Brand” canned abalone products in violation of Articles 21 and 24 of the Fair Trade Law(word file) National Institute for Compilation and Translation alleged to have directly awarded a contract for the compiling and printing of Textbooks for five academic courses directly to the Ministry of Education Elementary Schools Textbook Printing Office instead of through the tendering process in violation of Article 19 of the Fair Trade Law(word file) Whether Yamay International Development Corporation’s Yamay Amusement Park Prohibited Tourists to Bring Their Own Food and Beverage into the Amusement Park Constituted an Act Sufficient to Adversely Affect the Trading Order(word file) CnYES.com., Inc. was Alleged in Misappropriating the News Reported by Commercial Times and China Times Express, and Reprinting the News on its Website as Their Own News, thus Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(word file) Axistar Trading Company’s Unauthorized Use of Both MONTBLANC and White Star Trademarks Owned by Montblanc Corporation in Germany, Allegedly Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(word file) Inappropriate Promotion of Products Used by 14 Gas Safety Equipment Companies Including Ponika Gas Safety Equipment Corporation, Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(word file) Chun Hun International Beauty Corporation（Taichung Branch） was Alleged in Using Inappropriate Marketing Strategies to Promote the Weight Loss and Beauty Services, Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(word file) Real Media Technology Company’s Use of SONY Computer Entertainment Corporation’s Well-Known Trademark “Playstation” as its Domain Name Allegedly Violated the Fair Trade Law(word file) A complaint was filed against Yahoo! Taiwan Inc. for allegedly copying the contents of Yam Digital Technology’s “New Sites” Web article, which was in violation of Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law.(Oct. 25, 2001) A complaint was filed against Tsong-chih Enterprise Co. for manufacturing and importing Pikachu dolls for sale in alleged acts of unfair competition. Tsong-chih Enterprise Co., which knew that Pikachu was a product generally known by the consumers, was found to be in violation of Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(Nov. 8, 2001) The Commission initiated investigation against Ouyang Ling-tu, operator of Chih-feng Trading, Ouyang Trading and Chun-sheng Trading, for alleged hoarding of rice wine, which was in violation of Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(Nov. 29, 2001) A complaint was filed against Carrefour for abusing its dominant market position by improperly imposing additional fees on suppliers. The company was on suspicion of having violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(Dec. 6, 2001) Complaint was filed against Chunghwa Telecom Data Communication Business Group for alleged violation of the Fair Trade Law by improperly terminating the rights to access and use of its services(Jan. 24, 2002) Improper imitation of the appearance and shape of “Hello Kitty” products(Jan. 31, 2002) Chunghwa International Communication Network Co., Ltd. (CICN) violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(Apr. 11, 2002) Access Public Relations Alleged Violation of the Fair Trade Law(Nov. 4, 2004) Standard Chartered Bank Taiwan was in Violation of Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law（Mar. 27, 2003） Shin Lung Gas Switch Co. Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(Dec. 2, 2004) Taiwan Fixed Network Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(Dec. 9, 2004) Lian Mi Co. Ltd. and Seven Other Enterprises Violated Articles 14 and 24 of the Fair Trade Law(March 9, 2005) Taichung Commercial Bank Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(April 14, 2005) RT-Mart International Violates Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by Improperly Collecting Additional Fees from Its Trading Counterparts(May 19, 2005) Chu Ta Construction Co. Ltd. Violates Articles 21 and 24 of the Fair Trade Law(June 16, 2005) FTC initiates investigation into Union Bank of Taiwan, which claimed “zero interest” in its “Easy Loan” program and violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(July 28, 2005) SDC Co., Ltd. and KLC Company copy the product and service representation of Tricon China Company and violate Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(August 18, 2005) Ru Sheng Optical & Boutique violates Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by exploiting other people’s efforts for its own benefit(September 15, 2005) Taiwan Nikomart Co., Ltd. fails to disclose to its trading counterparts relevant restrictions on the minimum recommended order quantity for its franchises, thus violating Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(September 29, 2005) The Language Training and Testing Center Uses Its Dominant Market Position and the Information Inadequacy of Its Trading Counterparts to Affect the Choice of English Proficiency Test Categories of Its Trading Counterparts(November 10, 2005) Sesame Street Village Education Co., Ltd. Conceals Vital Trade Information During Franchise Solicitation and Violates Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(December 22, 2005) Actual Living English Engages in Obviously Unfair Conduct Able to Affect Trading Order and Violates Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(January 19, 2006) Happy Holidays International Co., Ltd. used improper marketing methods to sell membership cards for a foreign vacation resort. The obviously unfair conduct was sufficient to affect trading order and violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law.(February Far Glory Life Insurance stipulated terms in its credit agreement to accelerate the maturity of a debt, which deprived borrowers of the opportunity to make remedies in advance. Such action, obviously unfair and sufficient to affect trading order, vio Five enterprises violated Articles 21 and 24 of the Fair Trade Law by placing false advertisements on debt negotiation and loan brokerage.(April 13, 2006) Royal Philips Electronics engages in obviously unfair conduct that was able to affect trading order, which violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(April 20, 2006) Six sand and gravel companies in southern Taiwan engage in obviously unfair conduct that was able to affect trading order, which violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law(May 29, 2006) Sunny Bank violates Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by engaging in deceptive or obviously unfair conduct that was able to affect trading order(July 13, 2006) Pao Tian Real Estate Brokerage violates Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by engaging in deceptive conduct that was able to affect trading order(July 27, 2006) No disposition was made by FTC in case of Tequila Development Co., Ltd. was complained by copying the outward appearance of another’s product(August 17, 2006) Hon Hai Precision Industry Violates Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by Stating or Disseminating Patent Right Disputes(November 23, 2006) Six Financial Institutes Violate Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by Adding an Acceleration Clause in the Loan Contracts or Requiring that Borrowers abide unspecific catch-all clauses(December 14, 2006) Conduct of Providing Teachers with Improper Gifts by Three Textbook Providers, Kang Hsuan Educational Publishing Corp., Nani Books Corp. and Han Lin Publishing Co. Ltd., in Violation of Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law The Act of Deltamac (Taiwan) Co. Ltd. to Improperly Hold the Contracts after the Conclusion of the Agreements Violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, Wei Chuan Corp. and Kuang Chuan Dairy Co., Ltd. violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by simultaneously raising the sales price of fresh milk Leisure Group Marketing Ltd. (Taiwan) violated the Fair Trade Law by improperly claiming refunds in cash and resale services

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