At present, in addition to its main duty of teaching knowledge to students who apply to study in various fields of study, the university also has the opportunity to provide academic services to the general public. “Sripatum Legal Center” was thus established with the main objective of disseminating legal knowledge to the general public, both through conducting useful research for dissemination to society and organizing various training seminars to promote and develop legal knowledge for society.
Mission
Sripathum Law Center is an agency that is responsible for promoting and developing legal knowledge, providing quality academic services resulting from the promotion of education and research for society, including training and providing advice on developing organizations and legal personnel to have potential.
objective 1. To support social service work, which is a basic mission of educational institutions. 2. To build a brand and compete for leadership in the legal field of Thailand. 3. To enhance the reputation of Sripathum University to be more well-known at the national level.
Director of Sripathum Law Center
Assistant Professor Dr. Chongnang Wiputthanupong, Lecturer of the Bachelor of Laws Program
Academic position: Director of Sripathum Law Center and Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Sripathum University
Educational qualifications:
– Ph.D. (Intellectual Property Law) University of Nottingham, UK – LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law) Queen Mary University of London – L.B.T. (Thai Bar Association) Legal Education Institute of the Council of the Bar Association – LL.B. (Law), Chulalongkorn University
Assistant Professor Dr. Chongnang Wiputthanupong graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Chulalongkorn University. He has experience in the legal field as a legal advisor in the Communication and Telecommunications Law Group, Office of the Council of State. He also has other experiences related to the mass media business, having worked as an editor, translator, and freelance writer for various publishing houses. These diverse experiences inspired me to pursue master’s and doctoral degrees in Intellectual Property Law, with a special interest in copyright law. as well as other related laws and currently still interested in continuing research in this area.
Field of interest/special expertise
– Intellectual Property Law: Copyright and Authorship – Human Rights: Property Right and Freedom of Expression – Media Law: Internet and Communication – Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions
Academic works
Research Article – Chongnang Wiputhanupong, Sininat Krichchanchai, Pittaya Chaiyamahapruek, Sureechaiphonwan and Suphasorn Phucharoensin. (2020). A comparative study of the executive power mechanism in countries that have successfully controlled drug prices. Proceedings of the 14th National Academic Conference, Thai Humanities Research Forum, 2020. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom. Pages 26-42. – Research project on comparative intellectual property protection law between Thai laws and laws of AEC member countries, including other related laws, supported by the National Software Industry Promotion Agency (Public Organization) (SiPA) (2016) – “Copyright for Digital Era: Are We Aiming at Individuals”, research submitted for PhD in Intellectual Property Law, University of Nottingham (2016)
Academic articles
– Chongnang Wiputhanupong. (2021). Guidelines for interpreting Section 11 of the Copyright Act 1994 to provide copyright protection to derivative works created without permission from the copyright owner, considering the guidelines of the United Kingdom and the United States. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and International Trade, pp. 241-255. – Chongnang Wiputhanupong. (2021). Lawyers and their important roles in the dispute mediation process. Proceedings of the 16th National and International Academic Conference, 2021. Sripathum University. Pages 514-524. – Copyright is an Engine of Free Expression’ or ‘Free Expression is an Engine of Copyright’? : A Revisit of Expressions and Copyright for International Copyright Mechanisms’ International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research of Intellectual Property (ATRIP Congress 2016), Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (2016) – “Copyright discussions in cases of translation without permission and image conversion in Manee Mee Share”, 12 September 2013, http://prachatai.com/journal/2013/09/48714. – “Inviting to discuss the issue of copyright for broadcasting football matches and rights to publicly distribute music events”, Prachatai, 5 July 2012, http://prachatai.com/journal/2012/07/41404. – “The management of intellectual property in Thailand university”, Sripathum Review Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences. Year 9, Issue 1 (Jan.-June 2009) pp. 87-95. – “The process of creating social defendants from forwarded mail”, Matichon, 26 April 2009 – “Creative Commons: Copyright and Human Rights”, Bangkok Business, 24 July 2009.
