Officials from the DPI and Trademark Office met with local businesspeople to educate them on the upcoming Madrid Protocol for International Trademark Registration and to encourage entrepreneurs to apply for trademarks as soon as it is passed by Parliament.
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The Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) held a seminar for local entrepreneurs on the upcoming AEC and the importance of trademark registration and how to register their own trademarks under the Madrid Protocol for international registration of marks. The system will become widespread with the full implementation of the AEC next year, the Deputy Director General of the DIP, Somsak Phanichayakul remarked.
The seminar, which will also be held in the North east at Nakhon Ratchasima and Samut Prakan in the Central region, was held at the Kantary Hills Hotel Chiang Mai on April 30, 2014 and saw representatives from related agencies, institutions, the Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Thai Industries of all nine provinces in the North including Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Mae Hong Son, Nan, Phayao, Phrae and Uttaradit attend the event.
The Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) held a seminar for local entrepreneurs on the upcoming AEC and the importance of trademark registration and how to register their own trademarks under the Madrid Protocol for international registration of marks. The system will become widespread with the full implementation of the AEC next year, the Deputy Director General of the DIP, Somsak Phanichayakul remarked.
The seminar, which will also be held in the North east at Nakhon Ratchasima and Samut Prakan in the Central region, was held at the Kantary Hills Hotel Chiang Mai on April 30, 2014 and saw representatives from related agencies, institutions, the Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Thai Industries of all nine provinces in the North including Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Mae Hong Son, Nan, Phayao, Phrae and Uttaradit attend the event.
Voravut Posaganondh, Director of the Trademark Office said that the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) had arranged the seminar to focus on the main issues on the international registration of trademarks or Madrid Protocol an important tool for increasing demand for their products or services.
The Deputy Director- General at the Department of Intellectual Property also stated that the department plans to be a member of the international trademark registration or Madrid protocol in 2015. This will help Thai entrepreneurs to ask for trademark protection in other countries more conveniently and economically. Currently there are 91 countries joining this trademark protocol. In the ASEAN community, three countries are already members of the Madrid protocol; Singapore, Vietnam and Philippine.
The DIP has prepared to join the Madrid Protocol since 2005 by amending laws and organizing the necessary technology to connect with the trademark registration system of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Thai Parliament approved Thailand’s membership in the Madrid Protocol on October 16th, 2012. However, the draft amendment of the Trademark Act for the affirmation of membership is currently being considered by the Office of the Council of State. It is expected to be proposed to the Cabinet and Parliament in the name of the Commerce Ministry for completion immediately after the election for Prime Minister is completed.
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