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

The sixth edition of the U.S. Chamber International IP Index (“2018 IP Index”) of the Global Intellectual Property Center (“GIPC”) was released in February 2018.  The 2018 IP Index ranked Thailand at the 41st position out of 50 countries comparing with the 40th position out of 45 countries in 2017. The overall score of the... Read More

Myanmar’s IP Laws Passed by the Upper House On 15th February 2018, the Upper House of the Myanmar Parliament passed four IP laws, i.e. the Trademark Law, the Patent Law, the Industrial Design Law and the Copyright Law.  They will soon be further submitted for review and approval of the Lower House of the Myanmar... Read More

Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (“DIP”) recently published the draft of the bill to amend the Copyright Act B.E. 2537 (the “Bill”) for public hearing and public consultation again during 31st January 2018 to 28th February 2018 before the DIP revises the Bill and proposes it to the Cabinet. In 2015, the National Legislative Assembly... Read More