Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (“MDES”) recently published the latest draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill (the “Bill”) for public hearing and public consultation during the period from 22nd January 2018 to 6th February 2018 before the MDES revises the Bill and submits it to the National Legislative Assembly (“NLA”) for approval…. Read More
On 11th January 2018, the Department of Intellectual Property of Thailand (“DIP”) launched a new website www.thaiipmart.com which is the official intellectual property market website (“IP Mart”). It is the very first intellectual property online marketplace in Thailand, aiming to promote the commercial use of existing intellectual property rights such as copyrights, invention patents, design patents,… Read More
Thailand has finally enacted the Ministerial Regulation Regarding the International Trademark Registration under the Madrid System (“Madrid Regulation”). It was published in the Royal Gazette on 18th December 2017 and become effective retroactively from 7th November 2017, which is the effective date of Madrid Protocol in Thailand. Since 7th November 2017, an international trademark application… Read More
On 15th December 2017, the US Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that the USTR is closing the Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Thailand which was initiated on 15th September 2017, and it is moving Thailand from Priority Watch List (PWL) to the lower Watch List (WL) category for its intellectual property protection. “We welcome the corrective… Read More
On 15th December 2017, the Ministerial Regulation on Interrogation for Business Collateral Enforcement (“Interrogation Regulation”) under the Business Collateral Act B.E. 2558 (A.D. 2015) (“BCA”) was published in the Royal Gazette and it has become effective since then. Under the BCA, business collateral has become a new type of securities in Thailand in addition to… Read More
On 22nd December 2017, the Myanmar Investment Commission (“MIC”) issued its Announcement in order to invite foreign companies to invest in import substitute commodities in the following investment areas:- (1) manufacturing of different types of vehicles and vehicle related fixtures and parts of machines; (2) manufacturing of tractors and trailers; (3) manufacturing of telephone and… Read More