Written for business operators who are new to the country, Intellectual Property in Thailand: Registration, Protection, Commercialization  provides a helpful introduction to IP issues under Thai law. This Q&A guide reviews the legal framework for trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets, from registration processes through licensing and enforcement of rights. The guide also introduces IP owners to the benefits of intellectual asset management programs designed to help companies extract maximum value from their IP.

This chapter provides an overview of the legal system and key laws for foreign companies doing business in Thailand. Presented in a question-and-answer format, the chapter examines the rules governing foreign investment, business vehicles, employment, tax, competition, intellectual property, marketing agreements, e-commerce, data protection, and product liability.

Published by the European Lawyer Reference series, Patent Litigation examines the strategies for patent disputes in several key jurisdictions. The Vietnam chapter provides a valuable introduction to guide IP owners through the various aspects of patent law in Vietnam, providing an overview of civil court proceedings, damage calculations, emergency measures and permanent injunctions, available remedies, expected litigation costs, and appeals procedures. The chapter concludes with an examination of upcoming legislation and trends that could affect current patent laws.

As patent law and litigation in Thailand continues to develop rapidly, this Q&A chapter provides an overview of the legal framework of the Thai Patent Act and its amendments, along with an introduction to the court proceedings for patent litigation. The guide also examines such issues as infringement assessments and defenses, patent invalidation, claim amendment, preliminary relief, and final remedies.

Calculating damages is difficult in any type of litigation, but attempting to assess the damages in cases involving trade secrets can be far more complex than in cases relating to other forms of intellectual property rights.

Generic drug manufacturers in Thailand tend to use names for their products that are similar to the generic name of the drug (also known as international non-proprietary name or INN), despite the fact that the trademark legislation prohibits the registration of a mark that is identical, or similar, to an INN designated by the World Health Organization.The Thai Intellectual Property and International Trade Court (IP&IT Court), a court of first instance with specialized jurisdiction over IP-related cases, has recently confirmed that the registration of such marks was forbidden.

Force majeure is an event that occurs beyond your reasonable control or anticipation. When that event prevents you from performing your contractual obligations, you are ordinarily released from liability for damages caused by that breach. The rationale is that it would not be just to blame you for breach of contract when the contract became impossible to perform through no fault of your own.

Recent trends showcase a clear intent by two of the world’s global powers to tackle corruption abroad. In recent years the United States, through the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has dramatically increased its investigation and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In addition, in 2010 the United Kingdom acted aggressively to address an historical weakness in its anti-bribery laws by enacting the U.K. Bribery Act.