Thailand remains on the Priority Watch List in 2014

special-301USTR welcomes Thailand’s efforts to improve the intellectual property protection and enforcement. However, there still are some legislative objectifs that Thailand has to achieve: legislation to address landlord liability and unauthorized camcording of motion pictures in theaters; to provide Thai Customs with ex officio authority; to fully implement the provisions of the WIPO Internet Treaties; to restructure the Trade Secret Committee and modify penalty provisions under the Trade Secrets Act; to accelerate patent examination and registration procedures and address issues such as partial designs; and to establish improved legal mechanisms to address the rapidly growing problem of copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting on the Internet; taking enforcement action against widespread piracy and counterfeiting in the country;  imposing deterrent-level sentences; addressing effectively its longstanding problem of piracy of cable and satellite signals. Thailand should also work to provide an “effective system for protecting against the unfair commercial use, as well as unauthorized disclosure, of test or other data generated to obtain marketing approval for pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical products”. The report also touches Thailand’s public health challenges and the need of support for innovation.

The entire report can be found here.

 

Post a Response

Your email address will not be published. Fields marked with * are mandatory.

    • October 2024
      Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
      « Aug    
       123456
      78910111213
      14151617181920
      21222324252627
      28293031  
  • IP4all Weekly Bulletin

    You can subscribe to the weekly IP4ALL Bulletin.

  • IP Consulting Ltd. - Intellectual Property Consulting Agency
  • Landmark-TP
  • Ivan Georgiev - Rembrand
  • Global IP Attorneys - The world's leading address guide for patent,  trademark, copyright, intellectual property and IP attorneys. In just a few steps you can find your agency for registration and protection of your intellectual property, patent, design, copyright or trademark.
  • The Professional Sector Network is a referral and networking group that caters exclusively to leading firms with a history of excellence in the business, advisory and investment sectors.
  • Online source of information for the events and developments in the field of intellectual property worldwide
  • Jobs in USA
  • Become our partners
  • IP Basis®

  • IP Guide®