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Jaspal Co Ltd, a company renowned in Thailand, manufactures and retails popular ready-to-wear fashion lines under the trademark JASPAL and other well-recognised house brands.
With technology playing an increasingly crucial role in modern life, many countries are turning to the high-tech park model to promote science and technology and attract domestic and overseas investment. High-tech parks are strategically planned hubs connecting research and development activities with high-tech manufacturing and information-based services like software development, and often provide additional amenities like training centers and housing. These parks typically offer many incentives to companies to attract investment projects.
Cambodia and China entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Intellectual Property Cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China in Beijing on September 21, 2017, with the aim of further promoting mutual investments through bilateral cooperation between the two countries.The MOU constitutes an initial framework for intellectual property cooperation, and is expected to further enhance collaboration in the following areas:
Over the past several months, the Lao government has been introducing a number of measures aimed at promoting foreign investment, from implementing Notification No. 2633/Cabinet/MOIC to abolish minimum registered capital requirements for certain foreign investors, to enacting the new Law on Investment Promotion No.
Multilaw has launched the 2018 edition of its Global Real Estate Guide, including chapters for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam provided by Tilleke & Gibbins.
Attorneys from Tilleke & Gibbins have written the Vietnam chapter for Getting the Deal Through – Licensing 2008, a comparative guide to licensing law and practice in 23 countries around the world. This is the first year the book has included a chapter on Vietnam. Tilleke & Gibbins also provided the chapter for Thailand.
Getting the Deal Through – Licensing 2018, published by Law Business Research, provides a comprehensive guide to licensing in more than 20 countries in Asia, Europe, and the US with contributions by several leading international law firms.
Myanmar’s Trademark Bill is currently being considered by the Lower House of the Myanmar Parliament. Pending the enactment of the bill into law, trademark owners who plan to file applications under the new framework can begin their preparatory work by collating the necessary filing information and documents.While the exact mechanics of trademark applications, official forms, and execution modalities of application documents are not yet known, Chapter 7 of the Trademark Bill does stipulate the information and documents required for filing trademark applications.