Author Archives: Formichella Sritawat

PRESS RELEASE: FORMICHELLA & SRITAWAT PROMOTED TO BAND 1 FOR TMT EXPERTISE IN CHAMBERS ASIA PACIFIC GUIDE 2024

The Chambers Asia Pacific Guide is a comprehensive ranking of the top lawyers andlaw firms in the Asia Pacific region. The independent research process is precise andthorough, analyzing a firm and its Partners’ legal talent, professionalism, clientservice, and more. A … Read More

Data Center

Telecommunications Licensing and Data Centers in Thailand

By John Formichella and Naytiwut Jamallsawat November 2023 With changes in Thailand’s law and policy on foreign satellites, and political and legal issues involving restrictions on the export of computer chips for artificial intelligence (for more information please see Thailand’s … Read More

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Foreign Satellite Services in Thailand

The telecommunications market in Thailand has liberalized since the passage of the Telecommunications Business Act (TBA) of 2001 (see Thailand’s Telecommunications Business Act). Before 2001, the telecommunications sector in Thailand operated under a concession structure whereby an operator would build, transfer, and operate networks under a specific period with the Government of Thailand. … Read More

Cloud Services & Telecommunication Licensing

Cloud Services & Telecommunication Licensing in Thailand

The primary reason is there is, in fact, a cloud service license requirement from the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in Thailand. … Read More

E-commerce Law (Direct Sales and Marketing Act, Consumer Protection Act, and Personal Data Act): Thailand

E-commerce Law (Direct Sales and Marketing Act, Consumer Protection Act, and Personal Data Act): Thailand, Part 3 of a 3-Part Series

This third part of a three-part series discusses Thailand’s e-commerce law on Telemarketing.  … Read More

Criminal Defamation Litigation in Thailand M.L. Numlapyos Sritawat Formichella & Sritawat

Criminal Defamation Litigation in Thailand

Defamation is something that almost everyone could encounter in Thailand. In this regard, many defamation cases are prosecuted and litigated yearly in Thailand. Indeed, legal commenters regularly comment (and opine) that defamation lawsuits are often intended as a form of strike suits or lawfare. … Read More

Robot Finger AI

AI, Machine Learning, and Big Data 2023 – Thailand

The laws and regulations related to AI in Thailand are insufficient, which may pose challenges for parties in the event of an AI-related dispute that goes to court. … Read More

ecommerce in Thailand overview

E-commerce Law: Thailand, 2 of 3

Under Section 3 of the DMA, direct marketing means directly communicating an offer of a good and service to a customer to obtain the customer’s responsibility to purchase such a good and service. Therefore, SMS/MMS Marketing can certainly be regarded as direct marketing. … Read More

e commerce Thailand

E-commerce Law: Thailand, Part 1 of 3

April 2023 Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, refers to the Internet-based buying and selling of services and products via electronic means. E-Commerce uses Internet technology, mobile business, electronic funds transfers, escrowing services, electronic data interchange, supply chain management, inventory management systems, … Read More

E-Sig in Thailand

Thailand Recognizes E-Signatures

The eCommerce market in Southeast Asia is one of the fastest growing and most promising, with its projection to grow to $11 billion in 2025. According to the Electronic Transactions Development Agency, in 2017, the total eCommerce market in Thailand was estimated at $2 billion. … Read More