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September 4, 2018

Practical Law Life Sciences Global Guide: Pharmaceutical IP and Competition Law in Thailand

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The 2018 edition of Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law Life Sciences Global Guide  has been released, with a chapter on Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Thailand penned by legal practitioners from Tilleke & Gibbins.

The guide is a Q&A-style overview of the regulatory frameworks of the life sciences industries across multiple jurisdictions worldwide, with this chapter addressing the following issues as they relate to Thailand:

  • Pharmaceutical patent legislation and scope of protection
  • Patent application process, duration of protection, and revocation
  • Patent infringement, claims, and remedies
  • Non-patent barriers to competition for pharmaceutical protection
  • Pharmaceutical trademark legislation and scope of protection
  • Trademark application process, duration of protection, and revocation
  • Trademark infringement, claims, and remedies
  • Regulatory powers and enforcement against pharmaceutical counterfeiting
  • Competition law framework and implications for the pharmaceutical sector
  • Competition issues related to licensing of pharmaceutical technology and patents, and market entry of generic products
  • Market dominance issues in the pharmaceutical sector
  • Parallel imports
  • Foreign patent and trademark licenses, and payment of royalties

Practical Law, produced by Thomson Reuters, is the world’s leading legal know-how resource for business lawyers, publishing a huge range of guides covering hundreds of jurisdictions and practice areas. Tilleke & Gibbins also drafted a chapter on Medicinal Product Regulation and Product Liability in Thailand for the 2018 edition of the guide.

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