in order to guarantee that all previous treaties and agreements between the United States and Taiwan remainedThis transition had made it patently clear that Taiwan needed to foster a commercial policy that would guarantee continued American support so that Taiwan would remain competitive with Mainland China in the wake of the United States’ newfound willingness to deal with the Communist government. What followed were several administrative agreements on intellectual property issues that directly impacted Taiwan’s domestic legislation, and resulted in significant reform to Taiwan’s intellectual property laws