NONTHABURI, March 29 (TNA) – Online patent registration with 155 countries will start on April 1, according to the Commerce Ministry.

 

Deputy Commerce Minister Sinit Lertkrai said the Department of Intellectual Property would launch the e-PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) service to allow Thai people to conveniently have their patents registered with other countries.

 

Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, director-general of the department, said patent applications could be filed around the clock at https://pct.wipo.int/ePCT and countries connected to the service included the important trading partners of Thailand such as the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, India, France, Australia and ASEAN member states.

 

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How appropriate.....April fools' Day. IP is a clever idea to transfer money from poor to the obscenely wealthy, it should be scrapped not expanded.