The Thai government has recently emphasized the importance of copyright protection for traditional elephant-patterned trousers, a popular souvenir from Thailand, that are locally manufactured.

On January 23, 2023, the Myanmar Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) announced the new Myanmar Trademark Law 2019 will come into effect starting in March 2023. This is a major development for trademark owners in Myanmar.

In a decision handed down by the Supreme People's Court of China (SPC) on February 7, 2023, the SPC ruled that the plaintiff patent owner was entitled to punitive damages when the defendant sold the infringing product after a settlement was reached in a previous case to cease infringement

Mr. Greif is currently a Director at the S&O Intellectual Property law firm, where he manages a team of more than 30 IP practitioners in five offices in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos, as well as the firm’s practice across the rest of Southeast Asia. However, Mr. Greif’s geographic footprint is far broader than that.