On 25th June 2018, the Department of Intellectual Property of Thailand (“DIP”) disclosed that during the period of 9 months from September 2017 to May 2018, the DIP has been working cooperatively with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (“MDES”) to suppress the dissemination and to remove some online IP-infringing contents under Section 20(3)... Read More

During 20-22 June 2018, the Judicial Colloquium on Civil and Criminal IP Infringement Cases was held in Bangkok, Thailand.  The event was jointly organized by USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy and the ASEAN Secretariat.  On the first day of the forum, Kowit Somwaiya, Managing Partner and Founder of LawPlus Ltd., spoke on the topic of... Read More

On 26th April 2018, the Department of Intellectual Property of Thailand (“DIP”) organized the World IP Day Celebration Event under the campaign “Powering Change: Women in innovation and creativity” to celebrate the brilliance, ingenuity, curiosity and courage of the women who are driving change in our world and shaping our common future.  This event was... Read More

On 29th March 2018, the International Trademark Association (“INTA”) and the Intellectual Property Association of Thailand (“IPAT”) co-organized a seminar on “Restricting Brand Value in Thailand: A Cross-Industry Policy Dialogue” at Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20. INTA’s Chief Representative, Asia-Pacific, Mr. Seth Hays and our Managing Partner, Mr. Kowit Somwaiya, as the Vice President of IPAT... Read More

On 5th March 2018, the Department of Intellectual property of Thailand (“DIP”) fully launched its new e-filing system for registering trademarks, invention patents and design patents and also for recording copyrights.  This new e-filing system is the single sign-on system for four main types of intellectual property in one platform.  This system will not totally... Read More