Government Policy Update: MoC Calls a Meeting on IP

The new government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, delivered the Cabinet's policy to the Parliament on August 23, 2011, including its objectives on policies concerning intellectual property protection.

The government announced its intention to promote free and fair competition to prevent monopolies, and also stated that it would seek to promote and develop organizational roles in relation to consumer protection for both the government and private sectors and to amend and improve laws and measures to ensure fair dealing for consumers.

Furthermore, the government, under Section 3.3.4 of the new policy relating to Marketing, Trade, and Investment, stressed that the focus would be placed on bolstering confidence in entrepreneurs to assure them that intellectual property rights would be protected. Measures to prevent IP infringements of goods and Thai products in other countries would also be implemented.