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.