Police raided two major Pattaya shopping malls and seized more than 5 million THB of counterfeit products. The government has ordered the crackdown after the U.S.A. added Thailand to its “Watch List” of countries that violate intellectual property rights by selling counterfeit products. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
BANGKOK, 15 February 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) raided Bangkok’s Pratunam Market and found various types of pirated products being sold. Accompanied by 10 officers, Director of the DSI’s Bureau of Intellectual Property Crime Pol Lt Col Chinnachot Daengsurisri yesterday raided a traditional Thai massage parlor in Pratunam Market, which has […]
BANGKOK, 24 January 2013 (NNT) – The Customs Department has recently seized two smuggled cars, other products, and animals considered endangered; worth altogether over 150 million baht. Customs Department Director-General Benja Louicharoen has reported the result of a raid on a transport company in Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan. According to her, the officials found a […]
BANGKOK, Jan 18 – Thailand will set up a special centre to crack down on intellectual property infringement with tough government action against violators, according to Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikua. The minister said the Policy Committee of the National Intellectual Property Bureau has moved to set up the Operations Centre for the Suppression of […]
The Customs Department of Thailand has seized around Bt50 million worth in smuggled goods, illegal drugs and products on which import tax had been evaded, department chief Benja Luisecharoen announced yesterday. The illicit items, netted in seizures nationwide, included more than Bt21 million in cosmetic injections, alcoholic beverages, perfumes and methamphetamine pills. Read more: The […]
Police on Tuesday displayed fake products, mostly clothes and bags, worth about Bt2.5 million, confiscated in separate raids in four central provinces. A total of 10,419 items were seized from nine separate places in Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Nakhon Pathom and Saraburi last Friday. The products copied many popular brands such as Adidas, Puma, Nike, Polo […]
BANGKOK, 18 June 2012 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce has ordered a crackdown on counterfeit goods around Thailand after receiving complaints from consumers. Ms Patchima Thanasanti, Director-General of the Department Intellectual Property (DIP), revealed that the Commerce Ministry has instructed all provincial DIP offices to suppress counterfeit products that violate intellectual property rights in […]
BANGKOK, 18 March 2012 (NNT) – The government of Thailand is set to launch a special project to tackle the problem of rising goods prices across the country. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, in her weekly TV show “Government Meets the People” on Saturday, unveiled the government’s steps to solve the much criticized high cost of […]
