On 13th February, 2024, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOC”) issued its Notification No. 1/2024 to specify the rates of the official fees in Myanmar Kyat (“MMK”) for filing applications in relation to copyrights matters under the Myanmar Copyrights Law 2019 (“CRL 2019”) effective from 13th February 2024.  We summarized the types of the applications and... Read More

The Myanmar Industrial Design Law (IDL 2019) was passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Union of Myanmar on 30th January 2019.  The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued the Industrial Design Rules (IDR) on 29th September 2023.  The IDL 2019 came into force on 31st October 2023 under the Notification No. 271/2023 of State... Read More

On 12th December 2023, the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) issued the Notification on Criteria for Protecting Personal Data Sent or Transferred Abroad under Section 29 of the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562.  This notification was published in the Royal Gazette on 25th December 2023 and it will become effective on and from 24th... Read More

On 12th December 2023, the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) issued the Notification on Criteria for Protecting Personal Data Sent or Transferred Abroad under Section 28 of the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562.  This notification was published in the Royal Gazette on 25th December 2023 and it will become effective on and from 24th... Read More

On 27th December 2023, the Revenue Department of Thailand (RD) issued the Notification of the Director-General of the Revenue Department re: Requiring  Electronic Platforms to Prepare Special Accounts to set up requirements for providers of social media / e-commerce platforms to submit data of their revenues received from their users / business operators who sell... Read More