Earlier this year, Thailand enacted its Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), which was published in the Government Gazette on 27 May 2019. Most parts of the PDPA will become effective one year after this, on 27 May 2020. As the PDPA will have broad impact across multiple aspects of most businesses—including their human resources operations—lawmakers provided this one-year period for those affected to prepare for compliance with the PDPA.

Two Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers were quoted in a wide-ranging feature on trade secret protection in the latest issue of Asia IP . The article explores laws and regulations on trade secret protection in several jurisdictions in Asia, including Thailand and Vietnam.

Hani Wulanhandari, an intellectual property (IP) professional in Tilleke & Gibbins’ Jakarta office, which operates as an IP boutique in Indonesia, recently shared her expertise on copyright infringement through social media channels in Indonesia for the August 2019 issue of Asia IP .

The Myanmar Trademark Law 2019 was finally enacted on January 30, 2019. This is an important step in the government’s efforts to attract foreign investment into Myanmar, as the new Trademark Law establishes a framework for a comprehensive trademark registration and protection system to both foreign and domestic trademark owners. In this article, we will address some of the common questions raised by foreign business owners in Myanmar.What are trademarks?

Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce, to fulfill various treaty and agreement obligations and for ease of enforcement, has abolished the previous three ministerial regulations on minimum capital for foreign companies, and issued a single new Ministerial Regulation re: Minimum Capital and the Period to Bring or Remit the Minimum Capital to Thailand B.E. 2562 (2019).

Partner Vinh Quoc Nguyen and attorney Tu Ngoc Trinh of Tilleke & Gibbins’ energy industry group have contributed a chapter on electricity regulations in Vietnam for the 2019 edition of the Practical Law Energy and Natural Resources Global Guide .

Tilleke & Gibbins has contributed to the electricity regulation section of Practical Law Company’s Energy and Natural Resources Global Guide , which provides a Q&A-style overview of power issues and regulations across 22 jurisdictions worldwide.

The August 2019 edition of Global Regulatory Press’ Journal of Medical Device Regulation  features a Vietnam overview authored by two of Tilleke & Gibbins’ regulatory affair specialists in the jurisdiction—Hien Thi Thu Vu, head of the regulatory affairs team in Vietnam, and Mai Thi Le, regulatory affairs consultant in Vietnam.