On 8th December 2017, APAA Thailand Group and IPAT jointly organized a full-day seminar on the draft amendment to the Patents Act B.E. 2522 of Thailand (“Draft Amendment”).  The latest Draft Amendment was published by the Department of Intellectual Property (“DIP”) for public hearing and public consultation during 19th May 2017 to 1st June 2017. ... Read More

The Madrid Protocol has come into force for Thailand since 7th November 2017.  Since then, an international trademark application under the Madrid System is allowed to be filed with the Trademark Office in Thailand (“TMO”) under the current law and trademark owners in other member states may designate Thailand in their international applications to seek... Read More

From 18th October 2017 to 10th November 2017, the Department of Intellectual Property (“DIP”) of Thailand opened the period for public hearing and public consultation regarding a plan to amend the provisions on product designs under the Patent Act B.E. 2522 of Thailand (“Patent Act”). A draft of the bill for the amendment has not... Read More

On 23rd November 2017, the Board of Investment of Thailand (“BOI”) approved new investment packages to give additional tax incentives on top of the standard tax incentives for investment projects located in the Eastern Economic Corridor (“EEC”) area. The area covers Chonburi, Rayong and Chacheongsao provinces east of Bangkok. The BOI will soon issue notifications... Read More

Rules on 3rd October 2017, the Myanmar Investment Commission (“MIC”) issued the Announcement on Appointment of Foreign Experts for transparency and simplification of the procedures for appointment of foreign experts in line with the Myanmar Investment Law 2016 (“MIL”). On 15th November 2017, the MIC also issued the Explanation on Appointment of Foreign Experts for... Read More