The Intellectual property Department (IPD) of Myanmar uses online filing system for IP rights holders to file applications for registration of trademarks, designs, patents and copyrights.  The system runs 24 hours and seven days a week.  The IPD also allows applicants file IPR applications physically at the filing counters at the IPD offices in Yangon,... Read More

The PDPC Notification on Exemptions of Recording for Small and Medium-sized Business Data Controllers 26th December 2024 (Notification for DC) and the PDPC Notification on Exemptions of Preparing and Maintaining Records of Personal Data Processing Activities for Small and Medium-sized Business Data Processors 26th December 2024 (Notification for DP) were published in the Royal Gazette... Read More

Section 130 of the Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541(1998) (“LPA”) requires each employer who employs ten employees or more to enroll itself and its employees in the Employee Welfare Fund (“EWF”) established by the Ministry of Labour (“MOL”), subject to a royal decree implementing the EWF.  The key objective of the EWF is to provide... Read More

It is a common practice in Thailand for an employee whose employment was terminated with or without any cause to file an unfair termination claim in Court against the employer.  Thai law does not define the “unfair termination” term. However, precedents of the Supreme Court have shown that “unfair termination” refers to a situation where... Read More

On 9th December 2024 the BOI (Board of Investment of Thailand) issued its Notification No. 20/2567 Re: Investment Promotion Measure to Upgrade Automotive Industry to extend the application filing period for internal combustion engine vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) from 2024 to 2025. The investment promotion measures available in... Read More