Taiwan has set an ambitious goal for New York Licensing 2008 International, projecting that its innovative cultural products could generate as much as NT$1 billion (US$32.3 million) in the lucrative licensing business, the National Science Council (NSC) said during a press conference on Wednesday.
“Combining its cultural heritage and creative innovation, Taiwan is very hopeful that it can double its 2007 output of NT$550 million,” said Liao Ping-hui (廖炳惠), a senior official at the NSC, which is organizing the Taiwan pavilion at the show.
Liao said the production value of global cultural creative products reached almost US$200 billion last year, adding that “Taiwan is still in the infancy stage in this industry.”
WORLD'S BIGGEST
New York Licensing International, the world’s biggest licensing fair, has attracted some 600 exhibitors and 23,000 buyers to trade licensed property since it was launched in 1981.
This year’s fare will be held from June 9 through June 12.
Last year, the show featured more than 6,000 properties in seven licensing categories — art, food and beverages, corporate brands, animation and characters, interactive multimedia, sports and international licensing.
Ten Taiwanese exhibitors attended the show that year.
This year, 13 Taiwanese exhibitors will show their innovative cultural products at the fair, with the hope of attracting potential license buyers.
The products will include clothing, computer hardware, home appliances and artwork, all of which represent value-added designs inspired by Chinese and Taiwanese cultures.
“This year’s theme for the Taiwan booths was inspired by Hakka and Aboriginal culture,” Liao said, giving as an example a skirt that features the aboriginal knot style design.
Taiwan’s design studios and other cultural creative product makers have been participating in the New York licensing fair on their own for more than a decade. The NSC teamed up with the exhibitors in 2002.
Taiwan’s technology protection rules prohibits Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) from producing 2-nanometer chips abroad, so the company must keep its most cutting-edge technology at home, Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo (郭智輝) said yesterday. Kuo made the remarks in response to concerns that TSMC might be forced to produce advanced 2-nanometer chips at its fabs in Arizona ahead of schedule after former US president Donald Trump was re-elected as the next US president on Tuesday. “Since Taiwan has related regulations to protect its own technologies, TSMC cannot produce 2-nanometer chips overseas currently,” Kuo said at a meeting of the legislature’s
TECH WAR CONTINUES: The suspension of TSMC AI chips and GPUs would be a heavy blow to China’s chip designers and would affect its competitive edge Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, is reportedly to halt supply of artificial intelligence (AI) chips and graphics processing units (GPUs) made on 7-nanometer or more advanced process technologies from next week in order to comply with US Department of Commerce rules. TSMC has sent e-mails to its Chinese AI customers, informing them about the suspension starting on Monday, Chinese online news outlet Ijiwei.com (愛集微) reported yesterday. The US Department of Commerce has not formally unveiled further semiconductor measures against China yet. “TSMC does not comment on market rumors. TSMC is a law-abiding company and we are
FLEXIBLE: Taiwan can develop its own ground station equipment, and has highly competitive manufacturers and suppliers with diversified production, the MOEA said The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday disputed reports that suppliers to US-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) had been asked to move production out of Taiwan. Reuters had reported on Tuesday last week that Elon Musk-owned SpaceX had asked their manufacturers to produce outside of Taiwan given geopolitical risks and that at least one Taiwanese supplier had been pushed to relocate production to Vietnam. SpaceX’s requests place a renewed focus on the contentious relationship Musk has had with Taiwan, especially after he said last year that Taiwan is an “integral part” of China, sparking sharp criticism from Taiwanese authorities. The ministry said
US President Joe Biden’s administration is racing to complete CHIPS and Science Act agreements with companies such as Intel Corp and Samsung Electronics Co, aiming to shore up one of its signature initiatives before US president-elect Donald Trump enters the White House. The US Department of Commerce has allocated more than 90 percent of the US$39 billion in grants under the act, a landmark law enacted in 2022 designed to rebuild the domestic chip industry. However, the agency has only announced one binding agreement so far. The next two months would prove critical for more than 20 companies still in the process
RSS