In the past, the Department of Business Development (“DBD”) did not allow registering the “tourism” as a business objective of a legal entity unless such entity was first approved by the Department of Tourism (“DOT”) to do the tourism business. The DBD also did not allow using the term “tourism business” as the name or… Read More
On Monday 20 August 2018, the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the Intellectual Property Association of Thailand (IPAT) co-organized a half-day policy dialogue on border measures-challengers and successes and best practices in combatting online counterfeiting in Bangkok, Thailand. Speakers and participants were government officials from the Thailand Department of Intellectual Property, the Royal Thai Customs… Read More
1. Major Legislations (1) The Digital Asset Business Operation Emergency Decree B.E. 2561 (A.D. 2018) (“DABO”). (2) The Revenue Code Amendment (No. 19) Emergency Degree B.E. 2561 (A.D. 2018) (“ARCA”). (3) Implementation rules and regulations for implementing the laws under (1) and (2) issued by the Ministry of Finance (“MOF”) and the Securities and Exchange… Read More
On 14 August 2018, the Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (“DIP”) published a summary of the results from the public hearing and public consultation on the draft bill to amend the Copyright Act B.E. 2537 (the “Bill”) before the DIP revises the Bill and proposes it to the Cabinet. The Bill aims to address the… Read More
On 8th June 2018, the BOI (Board of Investment Promotion) of Thailand issued its Notification No. Sor. 2/2018 to include the defence industry in the list of promotion eligible businesses, consisting of manufacturing and repairing of (1) military vehicles and weaponry systems for national defence, (2) unnamed systems and parts for national defence, (3) weapons… Read More