The Thai Intellectual Property Department will join forces with the Customs
Department in China's Yunnan province to crack down on counterfeit goods being
brought across the border.
This pact has been drawn up to
solve the widespread trade in counterfeit products in China, Thailand and the
rest of the Asean region. The Customs Department in Yunnan will closely inspect
all products heading for Thailand, especially since many fake products such as
CDs, clothes, leather goods and handbags found in Thai markets originated in
China.
Pajchima Tanasanti,
director-general of the Intellectual Property Department, said China's customs
department has been urged to inspect goods to see if they infringe any rights
before exporting.
She added that Thailand needed
China's help in blocking counterfeit products and seriously control the trade
in illegal goods in foreign and local markets.
According to the Chinese customs
department, a shipment of more than 10-million illegal CDs was seized last
year. It also found fake garments, leather goods, handbags, and watches.
In order to boost its efficiency
in controlling copyright violation, the department has called on Thailand to
send details of trademarks and a list of counterfeit products that are usually
imported from China.
Products that Thailand has asked
for China to closely monitor are Solex locks and food products under the brand
"Crisco" as they have problems with trademark violations in China.
Pajchima said trademark violation
and counterfeit products from China had greatly affected Thai businesses. Fake
goods from China can be freely bought in most markets and temple fairs across
Thailand.
The department has also called on
Thai businesses to register their trademark and copyright before entering the
Chinese market, otherwise they could face the problem of copyright violations
and suffer huge losses.
Petchanet Pratruangkrai
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