Sovath Phin

Practice Areas

Regulatory and Compliance, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Competition and Consumer Protection, Public Policy and Laws, Intellectual Property, Technology and Data Privacy, Oil & Gas, Alternative Dispute Resolutions.

Career

• 2024 – Present Founding Partner, SDS & PARTNERS

• 2009 – Present Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law and Public Affairs, Paññasastra University of Cambodia (PUC).

• 2023 – Present Adjunct Professor, National University of Management (NUM).

• 2023 – Present Adjunct Professor, Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE).

Professional Memberships

• 2021– Present Member of Scientific Committee of the IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network.

• 2018 – Present Member, International Bar Association.

• 2016 – 2019: Vice-Chairman of Executive Board of National Commercial Arbitration Centre (NCAC).

• 2016 – Present Member and Counselor of Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA).

• 2015 – Present Member of ASEAN Intellectual Property Association (ASEAN IPA).

• 2015 – Present Member of Intellectual Property Association of Cambodia (IPAC).

• 2015 – Present Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb).

• 2012 – Present Member, National Commercial Arbitration Centre (NCAC).

• 2009 – Present Member, Cambodian Society of Comparative Law (CSCL).

Publications

• Phin Sovath, Domestic Exhaustion of Patent Rights: A Theoretical and Practical Analysis, 2010 Cambodian Society of Comparative Law Yearbook 99.

• Phin Sovath, Economic Law: Intellectual Property Rights, in INTRODUCTION TO CAMBODIAN LAWS (Jörg Menzel et al., ed. 2011).

• Bun Youdy & Phin Sovath, Introductory Guide to Commercial Arbitration in Cambodia (Bun & Associates, 2014).

• Phin Sovath, Sim Sokheng and Giulio C. Zanetti, Trademark System in Cambodia, in INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE ASEAN WAY: PATHWAY TO INTEROPERABILITY (Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng and Graeme W. Austin, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2017).

• Phin Sovath, A Contextual Framework for Designing and Implementing Laws and Policies to Promote Access to Medicines in Cambodia, in WIPO-WTO Colloquium Papers 2015 (Karla Brepsant, ed., WIPO and WTO, 2017).

• Kong Phallack and Phin Sovath, International Exchange Program(S) For Legal　Education at the Faculty Of Law And Public　Affairs Of Paññāsāstra University Of Cambodia, in CHALLENGES IN STUDYING LAW ABROAD IN THE ASIAN REGION (KEIGLAD 2018).

• Phin Sovath, ASEAN Intellectual Property Harmonization: Recent Developments and Future Direction, 47 Patents & Licensing 20 (IP·L Communications 2018).

• Phin Sovath, the Protection of Private Ownership Under Cambodian Constitution: Intersection of Trademark and Constitutional Law, in PERSPECTIVES ON CAMBODIAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (Hor Peng et al., ed., National University of Management 2020).

• Phin Sovath, Privacy and Data Protection in the Digital Age: A Holistic Approach to Privacy and Data Protection in Cambodia, in LAW IN DIGITAL AGE: PROTECTION OF CONSUMER RIGHTS THEORY AND PRACTICE (Kong Phallack and Chanbormey ed., KAS 2021).

• Phin Sovath, ‘Cambodia’ In International Encyclopedia of Laws: Intellectual Property (ed. Hendrik Vanhees. Alphen aan den Rijn, NL: Kluwer Law International, 2022).

• Tenni, B., Lexchin, J., Phin, S., Kittitrakul, C., Gleeson, D. (2023). Lessons from India and Thailand for Cambodia's Future Implementation of the TRIPS Agreement for Pharmaceutical Patents. The Journal of World Intellectual Property, 1– 29.

• Tenni B, Lexchin J, Phin S, Gleeson D., Cambodia’s Imminent Graduation from Least Developed Country Status: What Will be the Impact of the TRIPS Agreement on Access to HIV and Hepatitis C Medicines in Cambodia? International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services (2024).

• Phin Sovath and Un Sinath, Introductory Guide: Cambodian Competition Law: Promoting Fair and Competitive Markets (SDS & PARTNERS, 2024).

• Phin Sovath and Un Sinath, Insight: Navigating Personal Data and Privacy Protection (SDS & PARTNERS, 2024).