Dr. Atthachai Homhuan, manager of regulatory affairs at Tilleke & Gibbins, recently contributed the Thailand overview for the May 2019 edition of Global Regulatory Press’ Journal of Medical Device Regulation —an industry-specific journal that provides an insider’s perspective into the regulatory world surrounding medical devices in jurisdictions around the world.In the Thailand overview, Dr. Atthachai covers the following topics:

Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property team in Bangkok has provided the latest updates to the Thailand chapter of Practical Law’s IP in Business Transactions Global Guide , a high-level comparative overview of intellectual property laws and regulations across 36 jurisdictions worldwide.IP in Business Transactions  focuses on business-related aspects of intellectual property, such as the value of intellectual assets in M&A transactions, and the licensing of IP portfolios. The topics covered include the following:

At the end of June 2019, Taylor Swift took to social media to express her dismay over the purchaser of her former label who now owns the rights to her master recordings. While it is common for artists to not own their master recordings, fans were surprised to learn that one of the world’s biggest popstars had few legal grounds to dictate who controls her master recordings.

On September 6, 2019, Thailand’s economic ministers endorsed a new investment promotion package recommended by the Board of Investment (BOI) to enhance the country’s ability to attract foreign investment and encourage foreign investors seeking to relocate operations in order to escape the impact of the ongoing US-China trade war. The “Thailand Plus” campaign covers four main investment-related areas:

On June 14, 2019, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed Law No. 42/2019/QH14 amending the Law on Insurance Business and the Law on Intellectual Property, which will come into effect on November 1, 2019, except for certain provisions amending the Law on Intellectual Property.

The State Bank of Vietnam on June 26, 2019, issued Circular No. 06/2019/TT-NHNN on foreign exchange control of foreign direct investment activities in Vietnam (Circular 06). On September 6, 2019, Circular 06 replaced Circular No. 19/2014/TT-NHNN on the same matter, while also amending Circular No. 05/2014/TT-NHNN on opening and using foreign indirect investment capital accounts and Circular 16/2014/TT-NHNN on the use of foreign currency and Vietnamese dong accounts for residents and non-residents. Below are some notable points of Circular 06.

Bloomberg Tax, a research portal featuring information on tax systems around the world, has published the Country Guide for Myanmar , authored by legal practitioners from Tilleke & Gibbins’ office in Yangon.The guide is part of their repository of expert analyses of tax systems worldwide, which features in-depth information on the ins and outs of tax systems around the globe. This guide to taxes in Myanmar includes the following:

Bloomberg Tax, a research portal featuring information on tax systems around the world, has published the Guide to Indirect Taxation in Myanmar , authored by legal practitioners from Tilleke & Gibbins’ office in Yangon.The guide is part of Bloomberg’s repository of expert analyses of tax systems worldwide, which features in-depth information on the ins and outs of tax systems around the globe, including guides to navigating VAT/GST tax systems. In Myanmar, indirect taxation takes the form of commercial tax, which the guide breaks down as follows: