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* Judge of the Civil Court.
1) Schneider, G & Perry, J, Electronic commerce (2001), 4.
2) Anne Fitzgerald and Brian Fitzgerald et al., Going digital 2000 . Legal Issues for E-Commerce, Software. and Internet, 2000. 245.
3) Ibid 245-246.
4) Yee Fen Lim, Cyberspace Law . Commentaries and Materials, 2002, 18.
5) Above n 2, 246.
6) David R. Johnson and David Post, 'Law and Borders . The Rise of Law on Cyberspace' (1996) 48 Stanford Law Review 1367, 1367-1401.
7) Jack L. Goldsmith, Against Cyberanarchy' (1998) 65 University of Chicago Law Review, 1199, 1239-1250.
8) Guide to Enactment of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce (1996).
9) UNCITRAL Mode Law on Electronic Commerce 1996 arts. 2 (a), 11 (1)
10) The Supreme Court decision n. 3046/B.E. 2537 (1994), (Thailand).
11) Electronic Transaction Act B.E. 2544 (2001) (Thailand), Remark; Reason for the enactment.
12) Electronic Transaction Act.B.E. 2544 (2001) (Thailand) section 4.
13) Electronic Transaction Act B.E. 2544 (2001) (Thailand) section 4
14) Civil Procedure Code B.E. 2477 (1934) (Thailand) section 4 (1).
15) Civil Procedure Code B.E. 2477 (1934) (Thailand) section 3 (2.)
16) Civil Procedure Code B.E. 2477 (1934) (Thailand) section 4 bis provides that “the plaint concerning immovable property or any right or interest concerning immovable property shall be submitted to the Court within the territorial jurisdiction of which the immovable property is situated, whether the defendant shall have domicile within the Kingdom or not, or to the Court within the territorial jurisdiction of which the defendant is domiciled".
17) Orapan Panatpattana, Electronic commerce (2002) 30.
18) Electronic Transaction Act B.E. 2544 (2001) (Thailand) section 24.
19) Conflict of Law Act B.E. 2481 (1938) (Thailand) section 13.
20) Act for the Establishment of and Procedure for Intellectual Property and International Trade Court B.E. 2539 (1996) (Thailand) section 7. This section provides that:

'The intellectual property and international trade courts shall have jurisdiction over the following matters:
1. Criminal cases regarding trade marks, copyrights and patents;
2. Criminal cases regarding offences under Sections 271-275 of the Criminal Code;
3. Civil cases regarding trade marks, copyrights, patents and cases arising from agreements on technology transfers or licensing agreements;
4. Civil cases in connection with offences under Sections 271-275 of the Criminal Code;
5. Civil cases regarding international sale, exchange of goods or financial instruments, international services, international carriage, insurance and other related juristic acts;
6. Civil cases regarding Letters of Credit issued in connection with transactions under (5), inward and outward remittance of funds, trust receipts, and provision of guarantees in connection therewith;
7. Civil cases regarding arrest of ships;
8. Civil cases regarding dumping and subsidization of goods or services from aboard;
9. Civil or criminal cases regarding disputes over layout-designs of integrated-circuits, scientific discoveries, trade names, geographical indications, trade secrets and plant varieties protection;
10. Civil or criminal cases that are prescribed to be under the jurisdiction of the intellectual property and international trade courts;
11. Civil cases regarding arbitration to settle disputes under (3)-(10)." 
 


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