The Thai Trade Mark Office has very precise requirements in
relation to specifications of goods/services. Applications for
registration in relation to all goods, or even to a broad category
of goods, in a particular class, will not be accepted. Applicants
must be very specific as to the goods in relation to which they
seek registration.
To avoid the additional costs and delays that will inevitably
result from filing an unacceptable specification of goods and
services, and to ensure that you have an accurate estimate of costs
at the outset, it is advisable to consult a local practitioner.
If the goods or services have not been specified sufficiently
precisely, the application will be rejected unless amended
– resulting in inevitable delays. By way of example, an
application for registration in relation to cosmetics in Class 3
would be rejected. The applicant would be required to specify more
precisely the type of cosmetics in relation to which registration
was being