The Notification of the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) Re: Appointment of Data Protection Officers dated 31th August 2023 comes into force on and from 13th December 2023. Some businesses who are data controllers or data processors (DC/DP) must appointment of a DPO. Below are some frequently asked questions about the DPO with our answers…. Read More
The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (A.D. 2019) of Thailand (PDPA) requires data controllers to notify the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) and the data subjects if a data breach has occurred. The PDPC Notification on Criteria and Procedures for Notifying Personal Data Breach B.E. 2565 (A.D. 2022) sets out the criteria and procedures… Read More
The Asia Business Law Journal again ranked Kowit Somwaiya, our Senior Partner, as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Thailand in its A-List of Thailand’s Top 100 Lawyers 2023. ABLJ previously ranked him for the same A-List in 2021 and 2022. The ABLJ’s A-List ranks the best private practice lawyers in Thailand based on… Read More
(Revised: 6th October 2023) Franchisors, amongst others, are prohibited from conducting any “unfair trade practices” that can cause damages to their franchisees under Section 57 of the Trade Competition Act B.E. 2560 (“TCA”). To implement Section 57 of the TCA, for franchise business, the Trade Competition Commission issued its Notification on Guidelines for Consideration of Unfair… Read More
The mainstream Courts of Justice in Thailand are the Courts of First Instance (“CFI”), the Appeal Courts (“AC”), and the Supreme Court (“SC”). Thailand also has specialized courts, such as the Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, the Tax Court, the Labor Court, the Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court. If a party to a… Read More
LawPlus Ltd. is proud to announce that INTA (International Trademark Association) has selected our Senior Partner Kowit Somwaiya to serve as a member of the INTA Data Protection Committee (DPC) for the second term (2024-2025). The DPC works on developing and advocating the INTA’s policy regarding the impact of data protection law on trademark rights,… Read More