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Current R&D Causes High Prices In Drugs; New Model Needed To Make Drugs More Affordable, Speakers Say

01/02/2019 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

BANGKOK – The current research and development model may encourage innovation in medicines, but has caused drugs to become unaffordable and inaccessible for people, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries, panellists and participants at a major conference here said.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Asia/Pacific, Development, English, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy

Evergreened Patents Cause Unwarranted High Drug Prices, Hinder Growth Of Local Producers – NGOs, Thai Producers Claim

07/05/2018 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch 17 Comments

BANGKOK – Transnational drug manufacturers’ tactics of obtaining unmerited patent applications have unnecessarily raised healthcare costs and impeded the growth of domestic generic drug industry, costing the Thai government hundreds of millions of dollars, drug access campaigners and local producers have said.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Asia/Pacific, English, Health & IP, Health Policy Watch, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Supported By, TRIPS Flexibilities, WHO, WTO/TRIPS

Disruptive Technologies Pose Challenge To IP Protection, Speakers In Thailand Say

23/01/2017 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

BANGKOK – So-called disruptive innovation – currently referring to the technologies of Internet of Things, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and big data – are changing the way people live their life and affecting existing traditional industries, but current legal regimes are unequipped to deal with these changes yet, government and private experts said at a recent forum here.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets

Southeast Asian Countries Launch IP Cooperation Plan To Be Assisted By WIPO, EU

16/12/2016 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

BANGKOK – Countries in Southeast Asia have launched a 10-year action plan to strengthen their intellectual property rights cooperation, with the European Union and the World Intellectual Property Organization providing financial and technical assistance in helping the countries to achieve their goals.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Asia/Pacific, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WIPO

Thailand Enforces Law To Promote IP As Loan Collateral, Amends Trademark Law To Raise Penalty For Deception

18/08/2016 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

BANGKOK – Thailand has enforced a new law to promote using intellectual property as loan collateral, an effort likely to make intellectual property a more valuable asset for its holders. But experts caution that the country still lacks the infrastructure of a viable IP market.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Asia/Pacific, English, Finance, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Thailand Toughens Copyright Law To Deal With Internet Providers, Unlawful Movie Recording In Theaters

01/04/2015 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

BANGKOK – Thailand has toughened its copyright law to include, for the first time, responsibility of intermediaries, or internet service providers, for infringement of copyright work on the internet, and separately, to penalise people who record movies being shown in theatres without authorisation with a maximum imprisonment of four years.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, IP Law, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Regional Policy

GI Experts Speak Of Value But Concede International Accord Hard To Reach

01/04/2013 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Bangkok, Thailand – Experts on geographical indications ended two days of discussions here by acknowledging greatly the benefit of GIs to national economies and cultural heritages, but conceded that it has been tough to reach a multilateral agreement on the protection of this type of intellectual property. [Updated]

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, Enforcement, English, Environment, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

IP Protection No Barrier To Green Technology Transfer, Says Key Negotiator

05/10/2009 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

BANGKOK – Protection of intellectual property should not be a barrier in transferring technology needed by developing countries in helping them cope with the effects of climate change as most of the technology is currently publicly available, a key negotiator of the issue has said.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, English, Environment, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, United Nations - other

Bangkok Climate Change Meeting Aims For Draft Deal For Copenhagen

28/09/2009 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

BANGKOK – Government officials and private stakeholders were urged Monday to strike differences from the 280 pages of negotiating text in preparing a draft that could become a global agreement on climate change in December 2009.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, English, Environment, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, United Nations - other

Thailand Seeks To Toughen IP Laws to Punish Buyers Of Pirated Or Fake Goods

19/06/2009 by Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch 6 Comments

BANGKOK – Thailand plans to toughen its intellectual property protection law to punish, for the first time, buyers of products that breach copyright and trademark laws, aiming primarily at pirated music and movies and fake brand-name goods, a senior Thai official said Thursday.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, IP Law, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

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