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Bad habits on full display
News, Editorial, Published on 25/03/2024
» The primary duties of MPs are vetting laws and scrutinising fiscal budget legislation. However, a recent incident involving a member of the Pheu Thai Party sparked criticism and raised concerns over the ethical conduct of elected representatives.
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Copyright law lets big fish off
News, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2019
» A recent scam involving "copyright agents" making money out of a 15-year-old girl, whom they tricked into producing krathong floats featuring rights-protected San-X cartoon characters, tells just as much about our troubled copyright protection law as it does about disproportionate, ineffective law enforcement.
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US IP report makes a point
News, Editorial, Published on 02/05/2017
» The US government last week released its annual opinion of how every country on Earth handles intellectual property. It was barely news that, for the 10th year in a row, Thailand was among the "dirty dozen" nations in the 2017 Special 301 Report. Named for a section of US law, the report is a relic of the 20th century, bringing momentary interest only. However, the issues it raises are important.
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S44 won't help patents
News, Editorial, Published on 06/03/2017
» If further proof were needed after the Dhammakaya fiasco that the abuse of the interim charter's Section 44 is becoming excessive, last week's decree will suffice. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha signed the 138th edict to target intellectual property. The order aims to cut red tape and clear some 12,000 pending patents. While this will undoubtedly bring smiles in the US Trade Representative's office, the prime minister's staff should reconsider this hasty move that creates more problems than it solves.
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Delay the TPP talks
News, Editorial, Published on 11/05/2016
» The military government and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha continue to guide the nation toward membership of the US-led Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The official position that the government continues to "study its options" has worn thin. It is clear that big business and the economic ministries are pushing hard for the 12-country Asia-Pacific deal.
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Pirates are hurting Thais
News, Editorial, Published on 15/02/2016
» The annual crackdown on copyright, patent and trademark violations, usually timed for February, kicked off last week. The general reason to conduct these campaigns is to impress the authors of a yearly report, and worldwide rankings, on violations by the US Trade Representative. For the past six years, this report has put Thailand in the "dirty dozen" category of worst offenders. The next report in early May is likely to be the same.
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Avoid TPP pact for now
News, Editorial, Published on 10/08/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has it exactly right about the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact. It is a deal that could make or break Thailand -- especially break. He gave the correct diplomatic response to a visiting US business group that was trying to press Thailand and other countries into joining and increasing their participation in TPP. Thailand must study it carefully, and then study it again. It would be impolitic and actually impolite to just say "no". It would be wrong and possibly catastrophic to say "yes".
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