Every year, numerous companies and individuals face criminal prosecution for violating Thai customs law. The penalties include significant fines and even incarceration. This can have a profound effect on both a company and its employees and agents, and even those who may have unintentionally violated customs laws.

Reports have been circulating since the beginning of this year that the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is looking to make a number of changes to the Act on Organization to Assign Radio Frequency and to Regulate the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Services of 2010, also known as the Frequency Allocation Act. One of the most talked-about changes would involve Section 45, which deals with allocation of spectrum.

On April 22, the People’s Court of the city of Da Nang issued a decision ordering the revocation of the “lafarge.com.vn” domain name registered by a Vietnamese individual, giving Lafarge S.A. of France a 10-day “sunrise” period to register the domain name itself. This brought to a conclusion a five-year battle over cybersquatting and set a precedent for domain name cases in Vietnam.

As a business owner or manager, you need to know the basics of intellectual property (IP) protection. Otherwise, you may fail to put in place adequate safeguards for securing IP rights, and you may not be able to fully derive the benefits of exploiting your intellectual assets.In order to realise the benefits of IP fully, you should take it upon yourself to gain a complete understanding of the IP protection system.

Getting the Deal Through has published the latest edition of Dispute Resolution, a multi-jurisdictional guide to dispute resolution in 49 countries worldwide.

In order to expand the availability of life and non-life insurance policies to those who are unable to afford standard premiums, the Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC) has been promoting microinsurance in Thailand.

The seventh edition of Getting the Deal Through – Insurance & Reinsurance, a guide to insurance and reinsurance law in 23 jurisdictions worldwide, has been published by Law Business Research.

Tilleke & Gibbins’ top-rated intellectual property team provided the Vietnam chapter of the recently published The Intellectual Property Review (Third Edition), a guide to intellectual property protection in 32 different jurisdictions. Available in hardcover and e-book form from Law Business Research, The Intellectual Property Review features contributions from some of the world’s best-known IP law firms.The chapter for each jurisdiction is divided into the following sections: