BANGKOK (NNT) - Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has announced a crackdown on the sale of counterfeit branded products online, highlighting the urgency to address the infringement of property rights, which could damage Thailand’s international reputation.

 

According to Phumtham, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) has been tasked with educating small and medium enterprises about patenting their products for protection against imitation. The agency also plans to promote more GI (geographical indication) products to leverage Thailand’s soft power globally.

 

DIP Director-General Vuttikrai Leewiraphan detailed a forthcoming memorandum of understanding between 30 copyright owners and three leading online platforms - Lazada, Shopee, and TikTok Shop. The agreement is expected to enhance the fight against piracy, allowing direct reporting of infringements.

 

The DIP is also collaborating with Facebook to develop tools for identifying and removing counterfeit products, aiming to address copyright violations on the platform.

 

To date, 960 items violating copyrights have been removed from these platforms.

 

By Krajangwit Johjit

 

Full story: NNT 2023-12-05

 

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Yes, protect that pristine, squeaky clean image at ALL costs...!

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has announced a crackdown on the sale of counterfeit branded products online, highlighting the urgency to address the infringement of property rights, which could damage Thailand’s international reputation.

Joke of the century.. every market, shop outlet has counterfeit goods..

all coming from you-know-where.

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

Yes, protect that pristine, squeaky clean image at ALL costs...!

Land of fake.... if everything was legit only the top 10% elite could afford to buy anything.

90% want cheap copies.

I used to like to buy some of the fakes that used the same font and a similar name to fool and/or get around laws: "The Mouth Face" for "The North Face"; all sorts of variations on Panasonic; take font and letters for Addidas and scramble them up... I've had copies that are at least equal to quality of "name brand" and some even better. Anything to do with "Intellectual" here is not all that valued IMO