Dear Clients and Colleagues, There have been various legislative updates and changes in the intellectual property law and practice of Thailand in 2018, and further developments can be expected in 2019. To keep you updated of these developments, we list some key updates and changes as shown below. 1. Accession to Madrid Protocol The… Read More
Our Managing Partner, Mr. Kowit Somwaiya, is interviewed in the Volunteer Spotlight of INTA Bulletin, December 15, 2018. For the full interview, please click here. For the INTA Bulletin, please click here.
On 4th December 2018, the BOI Office issued its Notification No. Por. 11/2561 re: Permission to Employ Foreign Unskilled Labours in Investment Promoted Projects to cancel its 2016 notification on permission to employ foreign unskilled labours. Previously, BOI promoted projects could employ only foreign unskilled labours from the neighboring countries which signed a memorandum of… Read More
On 2nd November 2018, the Prime Minister issued 2 Ministerial Regulations under the Direct Sales and Direct Marketing Act B.E. 2545 (A.D. 2002) (“DSDMA”) as amended by the Direct Sales and Direct Marketing Act (No. 3) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017) to exempt e-commerce from the DSDMA and to set out rules for direct sales and… Read More
The All China Lawyers Association (“ACLA“) by its Intellectual Property Committee and the Guangxi Lawyers Association organized the ACLA Intellectual Property Committee 2018 Meeting from 7thto 9th December 2018 in Nanning, China. On the second day of the meeting, Kowit Somwaiya, Managing Partner and Founder of LawPlus Ltd., gave keynote speech on “Overview of Thailand… Read More
Thailand has finally enacted Copyright Act (No. 4) B.E. 2561 (A.D. 2018) (“Copyright Act No. 4”) to bring the Copyright Act B.E. 2537 (A.D. 1994) in line with the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (“Marrakesh Treaty”). The Copyright Act No. 4… Read More