The Computer Crimes Act (No. 2) B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017) enacted to amend the Computer Crimes Act B.E. 2550 (A.D. 2017) of Thailand (“Amended CCA”) finally comes into force on 24th May 2017. The Amended CCA changes the ministry in charge from the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology to the Ministry of Digital Economy… Read More
The Myanmar Investment Law 2016 (“MIL”) was enacted to replace the Foreign Investment Law 2012 and the Myanmar Citizens Investment Law 2013 on 18th October 2016. On 30th March 2017, the Ministry of Planning and Finance, therefore, published the Myanmar Investment Rules (“MIR”) under the Myanmar Investment Law 2016 (MIL) as Notification No.35/2017 for implementation… Read More
On 26th April 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Embassy of the United States in Bangkok held a seminar to celebrate the 2017 World Intellectual Property Day centered around this year’s theme – “Innovation: Improving Lives”. The seminar began with an impressive opening remark by Mr. Peter Haymond, the Deputy Chief… Read More