THAILAND
August 01, 2017
Thailand has made recent additions to its IP law in order to combat online infringement. This will come into place via two major sections.
The first being the Copyright Act, which governs the culpability of ISP's and removes their burden, in addition to allowing for injunctions to be filed which force removal of content from the marketplace. The second consequence of the recent act is in reference to computer crime. Under the previous CCA, it was difficult to define the person or entity which was infringing on IP law with regard to dissemination of pirated or illegally obtained content. Under the new law, a plaintiff (with the approval of a digital economic minister), has the right to file an injunction for cessation of operation of the given site or online entity if any such material is found to be distributed.