Thai firms urged to register copyrights, patents to forestall overseas piracy

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INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS
Thai firms urged to register copyrights, patents to forestall overseas piracy
Petchanet Pratruangkrai
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Intellectual Property Department has warned businesses to register their patents, trademarks or copyrights before trading in markets both local and international, as some Thai products have been copied and sold overseas.

The department found more cases of Thai intellectual-property rights being breached in some countries because Thais are less concerned about IPR," said Kulanee Issadisai, deputy director-general of the department.

Thai companies need to take IPR more seriously amid global trade liberalisation, she said.

More Thai logos, trademarks and product designs have been pirated. If local firms do not protect their IPR, they could lose opportunities to sell their own products and penetrate other markets.

Even products sold in the domestic market have been copied and sold overseas. If companies want to expand to other countries, they may be unable to do so because foreign players or pirates may have already registered their knockoffs.

The department is dealing with some cases where products are owned by Thais, but they cannot be sold abroad as they have not been registered.

For example, Royal Porcelain products have been reproduced in China for export to Italy and the United Arab Emirates, where the products have not been registered for patent protection. The Thai enterprise has in effect been excluded from these markets.

To avoid the problem, the department urges businesses or innovators to register their rights with the department.

To help IPR owners, Thailand has recently entered the Patent Coopera-tion Treaty (PCT). Now Thai inventors can register their patents quickly, cheaply and with wider protection.

The treaty permits the filing of a single application for a patent covering more than one country. The process identifies the patent application to be considered in a large number of countries within a specified period.

An applicant need not travel and follow the domestic laws in each country, which can be complicated, redundant and costly. The PCT network covers 148 member countries.

Thailand is the eighth Asean nation to accede to the treaty, ahead of Cambodia and Myanmar.

Thai patent owners had suffered in the past by having their products faked in export markets where they had no patents. The department expects Thai companies to register trademarks more easily and be assured of greater protection in the future.

Madrid Protocol membership will reduce the cost of registering individual trademarks, shorten the time taken to register a trademark and provide protection via the protocol network of 91 member countries.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Thai-firms-urged-to-register-copyrights-patents-to-30240705.html

[thenation]2014-08-12[/thenation]

[terryp]

bull ..this is the starting phase of getting ready for the TPP, Thailand will be badly damaged if they join this obscene partnership in 2015/16 (thailand still has the chance to say no...all the other Countrys have signed up)

 

what so many dont understand even if they know of the TPP is that international commercial copyright etc has power over a Country's LAWS AND SOVEREIGNTY ...thailand will never be out of the courts

[chooka]

This coming from the biggest copyright thieves and pirates on the planet.  We can copy your stuff but don't touch thai stuff because it's not fair.

 

Has Thailand actually invented/developed anything that the world would want?  Pad Thai is the only thing I can think of but I may be wrong as it might be pirated

Edited August 11, 2014 by chooka

[smedly]

for once on TVF I am speechless

 

 

They've been making Rolex watches here long before  Rolex Brand ever existed .......right ?   

 

 

and Thailand has been making "China" well before China

[noitom]

Thai are concerned that their intellectual property will be pirated. "Intellectual property" is an oxymoron when referring to Thailand.

[ColdSingha]

oh the irony

[Tatsujin]

Oh, the irony . . . classic lol

[Barney R]

Always good to wake up in the morning and have a good laugh

[pinkpanther99]

hahaha

 

I honestly just laughed out loud at this.

 

Unbelievable.

 

I'm speechless.

[thesetat2013]

Heheee what a funny post! This hypocrosy shows how amazing thailand is.

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[Local Drunk]

Yep, all I can do is to laugh at this one...

[Payboy]

Thailand is the eighth Asean nation to accede to the treaty, ahead of Cambodia and Myanmar.

Beat 'em.

[Kasset Tak]

And with signing the TPP the the price of medicine will rise  5-10 times from what we and the Thai people pay today...

For me with Psoriasis, I pay 25 Baht/pill for the generic medicine here in Thailand but buying the original medicine cost me at least 200 Baht/pill. And buying the same medicine back in Europe 3 years ago I payed almost 300 Baht/pill!

[Always18]

Yep - let the Thais try to register "Rolex", "Gucci", "Chanel" (ad infinitum) as copyrighted trade names.....................

[Rykbanlor]

Clean up your own shit before you tell others to clean up theirs what!

[ChrisY1]

Classic stuff....so now they're going to patent "their" original products....good luck with that....!

Attempting to patent something that has aready has patents is a crime...........

 

Thailand is likened to China......copy and manufacture...only use cheap materials!

[loong]

 

 

More Thai logos, trademarks and product designs have been pirated.

 

 

Even products sold in the domestic market have been copied and sold overseas. If companies want to expand to other countries, they may be unable to do so because foreign players or pirates may have already registered their knockoffs.

 

I understand that it is perfectly legal to manufacture and sell goods that have not been registered.

So terms such as "pirated" and "knockoffs" really don't apply here.

[steveyinasia]

What is everyone talking about, there are no trademark or copyright infringements here in Thailand.  Its just that the brands made here are of similar name to those from overseas, we have Goochee, Plada, Lolex, Elle Vee etc....no problem.

[JesseFrank]

I wonder if anyone can name a patented Thai product, let's stand one that someone would like to copy.

[BlackJack]

think Pizza Hut

think Pepsi

think Carlsberg

software

watches

t-shirts

french bags

knock offs of all kind

etc etc

[rogpayne]

I never reply to most posts here but sometimes we are keen to knock the Thai people and sometimes we shouldn't You asked for a Thai patented product. Look at this  http://www.elidefire.com/ Mind you it is a tad expensive. Can't get everything right!

[Zeegator]

This coming from the biggest copyright thieves and pirates on the planet.  We can copy your stuff but don't touch thai stuff because it's not fair.

 

Has Thailand actually invented/developed anything that the world would want?  Pad Thai is the only thing I can think of but I may be wrong as it might be pirated

 

I think you're miles off the mark there, thailand's Intellectual Property Department, that is giving this advice, certainly is not one of the "copyright thieves", and why should Thai innovators or inventors not be protected?
 

[JesseFrank]

I never reply to most posts here but sometimes we are keen to knock the Thai people and sometimes we shouldn't You asked for a Thai patented product. Look at this  http://www.elidefire.com/ Mind you it is a tad expensive. Can't get everything right!

 

Looks like he RE_INVENTED the fireball.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_extinguisher

Fire extinguishing ball

Several modern ball or "grenade" style extinguishers are on the market. They are manually operated by rolling or throwing into a fire. The modern version of the ball will self-destruct once in contact with flame, dispersing a cloud of ABC dry chemical powder over the fire which extinguishes the flame. The coverage area is about 5 square meters. One benefit of this type is that it may be used for passive suppression. The ball can be placed in a fire prone area and will deploy automatically if a fire develops, being triggered by heat. Most modern extinguishers of this type are designed to make a loud noise upon deployment.^[19]

This technology is not new, however. In the 1800s, glass fire grenades filled with suppressant liquids were popular.

 

http://www.google.com/patents/US8528652

 

InventorsWafa Rashed Zaid Al Thawad

Original AssigneeKing Saud University

 

 

http://www.google.com/patents/US6796382

 

Inventors Woradech Kaimart Original Assignee Siam Safety Premier Co., Ltd., Siam Safety Empire Co., Ltd.

[Zeegator]

Thai are concerned that their intellectual property will be pirated. "Intellectual property" is an oxymoron when referring to Thailand.

 

Any rational reason why Thais should not have their inventions or innovations protected?
 

[godden]

I'm gob smacked, bit rich coming from the Thais.

[Thai at Heart]

Aha.

Hitec porcelain products.

[belg]

hahahaha

 

karma is a bitch

 

 

so what thai inventions are being copied overseas and in what countries ?

[Thai at Heart]

This coming from the biggest copyright thieves and pirates on the planet.  We can copy your stuff but don't touch thai stuff because it's not fair.
 
Has Thailand actually invented/developed anything that the world would want?  Pad Thai is the only thing I can think of but I may be wrong as it might be pirated

Its a Vietnamese dish.

[trainman34014]

Perhaps they would like to patent the name 'Hitlers Fried Chicken' as that is the level of 'invention' in this country.

[pisico]

I never reply to most posts here but sometimes we are keen to knock the Thai people and sometimes we shouldn't You asked for a Thai patented product. Look at this  http://www.elidefire.com/ Mind you it is a tad expensive. Can't get everything right!

 

That is one useful invention that if proven effective in real life situations may save countless lives and property.

Are there any more of such Thai inventions?

I have asked the Thai apologists for years to publish a list of Thai recipients of Nobel prize recipients (in any discipline) and the names and inventions that can make of this a better world. Elide Fireball is certainly one important invention.

 

Once, someone told me "what do you ask of Thailand, this is small country!" My reply was: "so is England  and that country gave us the industrial revolution and more: from Fulton's steam powered engine to the flushing toilet: the Crapper." The Thai apologist did not know who Thomas Fulton was.