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Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce Cracks Down On Online Sales of Counterfeit Branded Goods
Jayson 05 Dec 2023 12:03
Thailand's Ministry of Commerce cracks down on online sales of counterfeit branded goods
According to Thai media, the country's Trade Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has instructed the intellectual property department to speed up the handling of online intellectual property infringements.
He said online platforms give criminals an opportunity to sell products that infringe on intellectual property rights, harming entrepreneurs who own the intellectual property and Thailand's reputation.
Mr Phumtham said small and medium enterprises were urged to raise awareness on intellectual property rights with a focus on registration to protect various types of intellectual property rights such as copyrights, patents and trademarks.
Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, director of the Intellectual Property Office, said the office will sign a memorandum of understanding with platforms such as Lazada, Shopee, TikTok Shop and 30 rights holders to prevent the sale of intellectual property infringing products on these platforms.
Vuttikrai said that if the rights holder finds a product on the platform that infringes on intellectual property rights, he can immediately notify the platform to delete it immediately.
If the platform refuses to take action, you can report it to the relevant departments, who will cooperate with the platform to immediately remove the product.
Mr Vuttikrai said the three platforms had been informed of 960 items that infringed copyright and had removed them after being notified.
The infringing products involve auto parts, shoes, copyrighted songs, clothing, cosmetics, toner cartridges, etc.
In the first 11 months of this year, law enforcement handled 181 cases and confiscated 71,770 items worth 25.6 million baht.
According to Thai media, the country's Trade Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has instructed the intellectual property department to speed up the handling of online intellectual property infringements.
He said online platforms give criminals an opportunity to sell products that infringe on intellectual property rights, harming entrepreneurs who own the intellectual property and Thailand's reputation.
Mr Phumtham said small and medium enterprises were urged to raise awareness on intellectual property rights with a focus on registration to protect various types of intellectual property rights such as copyrights, patents and trademarks.
Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, director of the Intellectual Property Office, said the office will sign a memorandum of understanding with platforms such as Lazada, Shopee, TikTok Shop and 30 rights holders to prevent the sale of intellectual property infringing products on these platforms.
Vuttikrai said that if the rights holder finds a product on the platform that infringes on intellectual property rights, he can immediately notify the platform to delete it immediately.
If the platform refuses to take action, you can report it to the relevant departments, who will cooperate with the platform to immediately remove the product.
Mr Vuttikrai said the three platforms had been informed of 960 items that infringed copyright and had removed them after being notified.
The infringing products involve auto parts, shoes, copyrighted songs, clothing, cosmetics, toner cartridges, etc.
In the first 11 months of this year, law enforcement handled 181 cases and confiscated 71,770 items worth 25.6 million baht.
