On 22nd June 2018, the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (“DICA”) issued an announcement to require all existing companies and legal entities established under the Myanmar Companies Act 1914 and the Special Company Act 1950 to be re-registered with DICA through the Myanmar Companies Online (“MyCo”) system. MyCo system is a new online registration… Read More
The Myanmar Companies Law 2017 (“MCL”) was issued on 6th December 2017 to replace the Myanmar Companies Act 1914 but the President of Myanmar did not determine its commencement date until last month. On 21st June 2018, the Office of the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar issued Notification No. 48/2018 to… Read More
On 25th June 2018, the Department of Intellectual Property of Thailand (“DIP”) disclosed that during the period of 9 months from September 2017 to May 2018, the DIP has been working cooperatively with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (“MDES”) to suppress the dissemination and to remove some online IP-infringing contents under Section 20(3)… Read More
During 20-22 June 2018, the Judicial Colloquium on Civil and Criminal IP Infringement Cases was held in Bangkok, Thailand. The event was jointly organized by USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy and the ASEAN Secretariat. On the first day of the forum, Kowit Somwaiya, Managing Partner and Founder of LawPlus Ltd., spoke on the topic of… Read More
Kowit Somwaiya, Managing Partner of LawPlus Ltd., was interviewed by the WIPR on anti-counterfeiting and brand enforcement. The interview was published as “Meeting the Challenges of Innovation in Asia” in the INTA Daily News dated 19th May 2018 during the INTA 140th Annual Meeting in Seattle. In the interview, Kowit discussed the main trademark-related goals… Read More
On 14th May 2018, the Myanmar National Committee of Minimum Wage (“Committee”) issued the Notification No. 2/2018 (“Notification”) to repeal and replace its Notification No. 2/2015 dated 28th August 2015 to increase the minimum wages for employments in Myanmar. According to the Notification, effective from 14th May 2018, the minimum wages of MMK450 per hour… Read More