Thailand makes improvement in patent protection: DIP

[rooster59]

Thailand makes improvement in patent protection: DIP

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BANGKOK, 25 May 2018 (NNT) – The Department of Intellectual Property disclosed that Thailand has improved measures for patent protection, according to a report of IMD World Competitiveness Rankings. 

 

PID Director General Thossaphol Thangsubut disclosed that Thailand has been ranked 48th, up from 49th last year, with six improved scientific infrastructure factors. 

 

Three indicators showed development in the Thai people’s patent protection which significantly promoted the ranking. 

 

This resulted from the government’s policy to develop Thailand's intellectual property system in terms of promoting, protecting, commercially utilizing intellectual property, preventing and suppressing intellectual property rights violations as well as improving the efficiency of intellectual property registrations.

 

 

-- nnt 2018-05-26

[YetAnother]

hip hip hooray ! we are number 48 !

[Lupatria]

Any plans to spread the news in a campaign with much fanfare to the vendors on Bangkok's Shukumvit?

[Srikcir]

On 5/26/2018 at 8:01 AM, rooster59 said:

The Department of Intellectual Property disclosed that Thailand has improved measures for patent protection, according to a report of IMD World Competitiveness Rankings. 

I could not find such a report on patent protection per se by IMD.

The IMD World Competitiveness Rankings analyses ranks using four factors: economic performance (83 criteria); government efficiency (73 criteria); business efficiency (71 criteria); and infrastructure (115 criteria).

Maybe the DIP is referring to data within one of the 342 criteria. In the context of overall world rankings such single data point (if it exists) would seem to be almost meaningless. With regard to IMD World Competitiveness Rankings for 2017 and 2018 placed Thailand 27th and 30th respectively. Thailand experienced a lower ranking.

 

IMD's World Digital Competitiveness Year Book for 2017 (2018 not yet available) shows an interesting discrepancy between Thailand's IMD World Competitiveness Ranking for 2017 and its World Digital Competitiveness Ranking. The latter uses three Digital Competitiveness Factors (Knowledge, Technology and Future Readiness) and three sub-factors in each ([Talent, Training & Education, Scientific concentration], [Regulatory framework, Capital, Technological framework], [Adaptive attitudes, Business agility and IT integration]).

"Undoubtedly, the two rankings exhibit a strong positive correlation. Highly ranked economies with respect to Competitiveness also, on average, exhibit a high Digital Ranking." 

"Nevertheless, many countries exhibit differences, large and small, between the two rankings. Thus, countries like Ireland, Luxemburg, China, Thailand, Cyprus and Indonesia, among others, are ranked in higher positions in the Competitiveness Ranking."

 

Thailand ranked 21st for Competitiveness but 41st for Digital Competitiveness. One explanation  for this disparity is that Thailand's (alleged which may be another issue) Competitiveness cannot currently sustain a Digital Competitiveness. Prayut's Thailand 4.0 is still in the gestation stage for improving Thailand's performance within all the criteria and factors necessary to bring Digital Competitiveness into its economy.

 

world_digital_competitiveness_yearbook_2017.pdf

IMDranking2018.pdf

[Srikcir]

On 5/26/2018 at 8:01 AM, rooster59 said:

 

 

[overherebc]

Anyone remember a few years ago the ocean boat race where one yacht had a revolutionary keel fitted and people were trying all sorts of ways to get photographs etc before the race and the team were going to all sorts of lengths to keep it hidden.

One sharp reporter went to the patent office got a copy and got it printed in his newspaper while people were still trying to get details. ??

All you really have to do is change something in the production of the item/s.

[Srikcir]

On 5/26/2018 at 8:01 AM, rooster59 said:

The Department of Intellectual Property disclosed that Thailand has improved measures for patent protection, according to a report of IMD World Competitiveness Rankings. 

 

[DrTuner]

They can make a law that requires every citizen to commit suicide at noon every day and do another press release and have a round of pats on the backs. Absolute zero enforcement means everything is moot, mai bpen rai.

[KiwiKiwi]

On 5/26/2018 at 8:15 AM, YetAnother said:

hip hip hooray ! we are number 48 !

 

Yay!. Another 10 years and we'll be right up there with the big boys at 47.

 

Then we'll *really* have something to boast about eh? And we'll owe it all to the nice Mr Prayuth.

[Darcula]

This news must rank right up there in the DIP sheet of achievements.