The Judicial Yuan promulgated on July 31, 2007, that the Administrative Suit Act amended on July 4, 2007, will come into effect on August 15, 2007. The revised Act mainly provided that court fees would be imposed when a party initiates an Administrative Suit, or when a party applies to participate voluntarily as an Interfering Party in a pending Administrative Suit, or when wrong jurisdiction occurred and cases are ex officio transferred, or amending the qualification of agent ad litem…
In the past, court fee was never imposed for purposes of initiating an administrative suit with the Administrative High Court or appeal with the Administrative Supreme Court against a judgment rendered by an Administrative High Court. However, starting August 15, 2007, court fees at NT$4000 (about US$125) must be attended to for initiating a patent/trademark related Administrative Suit, NT$1000 (about US$35) for participating as a voluntary Interfering Party, NT$6000 (about US$188) for filing an Appeal with the Administrative Supreme Court against judgment rendered by the Administrative High Court…
Also included in the above amendment is that a losing party in an Administrative Suit or Appeal, may be ordered by the Court to bear the afore-mentioned court fee albeit it did not initiate the suits.
