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IP/N/1/THA/U/2  
 
14 May 2020  
(20-3579)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
THAILAND : TRADE SECRETS ACT B. E. 2545 (2002) AMEND ED BY  
TRADE SECRET ACT (NO . 2) B.E. 2558 (2015 )   
Notifying Member  THAILAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text 
 
Title Trade Secrets Act B.E. 2545 (2002) amended by Trade Secret Act (No. 2) 
B.E. 2558 (2015)   
Subject matter  Undisclosed information  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2020/IP/THA/20_3113_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/THA/U/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The reasons for enactment of the Trade Secret Act (No.2) B.E. 2558 are as follows: as certain 
provisions of the Trade Secrets Act B.E. 2545 form an obstacle to the appointment and the 
performance of duties of the Trade Secrets Board members and as the penalty imposed on the 
controller of trade secrets and the revealer of facts obtained or known from the performance of work 
under this Act does not conform to the current situation, it is expedient to revise the said provisions 
for more appropriateness. It is, therefore, necessary to enact this Act . 
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  6 February 2015; please note that this date is the date of entry into force of 
the amended provisions  
Other date    IP/N/1/THA/3 • IP/N/1/THA/U/2  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  7 May 2020  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  The Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand  
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.   