We have two good news from Myanmar. New Trademark Registration under the Old Law We are pleased to report that effective from 1st May 2021 the Registry Office in Yangon has resumed accepting the filings of DTOs for registration of new trademarks under the old law system, and that the IPD continues to accept the… Read More
Due to the COVID-19 situation, on 26th April 2021 the Department of Business Development (“DBD“) issued its Announcement on Meetings of Legal Entities under Provincial Announcements on Temporary Closures of Venues. This Announcement allows private limited companies, public limited companies, trade associations and chambers of commerce (“Legal Entities“) that closed their offices as required under… Read More
Thailand postpones the full enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (“PDPA“) for another year up to 31st May 2022. The new effective date of the PDPA is 1st June 2022. The postponement is made under the Royal Decree on Entities and Businesses Not Subject to Enforcement of the PDPA (No. 2) B.E. … Read More
On 10th April 2021, the Thai Government enacted the Emergency Decree on Assistance and Rehabilitation for Business Operators Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic B.E. 2564 (“ED”) to provide additional financial assistance to business operators affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by having the Bank of Thailand (“BOT”) provide soft loan and debt restructuring facilities up to… Read More
In response to the impact of the Covid-19 on the economy, the Government of Thailand has issued and implement dozens of financial, monetary, and medical and public health measures in the past 18 months. One of them is the Emergency Decree on the Amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code (“CCC”) B.E. 2564, which was… Read More
The 10 member states of the ASEAN and China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on 15th November 2020. The RCEP will become effective when at least six ASEAN member states and three non-ASEAN signatories out the 15 member states ratify it. Currently three members have ratified… Read More