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

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 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