The National Effort for Public Awareness andEducation of IP: Thailand Perspective

Asst. Prof. Dr. Somchai Ratanachueskul

Dean, Pridi Banomyong School of Law
Dhurakij Pundit University
Bangkok, Thailand

1Thailand Development PathThailand
1.0
Agriculture
Agrarian Society,
Cottage Industry

Thailand
2.0

Thailand
3.0

Thailand
4.0

Light
Industries

Heavy
Industries

Creativity +Innovation/ SmartThailand

Import Substitution,Natural Resources,
Cheap Labor

ExportPromotion, FDI

INDUSTRIALIZATIONGLOBALIZATION
2THAILAND EDUCATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYJUDGE EXAM

PUBLIC PROSECUTOREXAMLAWYER EXAM

General Thai Legal System

University
4 Yrs.

THAI BAR EXAM

6:3:3 System

LAWYER

PUBLICPROSECUTOR

JUDGE

3

Universities 82+75(Govn.+Priv.)
Law Schools 65
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Legal Career and IP: LAWYER ExamYear

Applicants

Pass

2017

6,501

1,115

2016

6,868

2,068

2015

9,105

3,418

2014

4,042

718

2013

5,843

2,491

5

Legal Career and IP: Public Prosecutor ExamYear

Applicants

Pass

2017

7,476

11

2016

8,472

226

2014

8,457

293

6

Legal Career and IP: Judge

Year

Applicants

Pass

2017

7,014

33

2016

7,112

170

2015

5,066

43

7

IP and Road to be Judge
General Judge ExamThai Barrister

Separate Judge Exam

Master/Doctoral of Law

Extra Requirement:
IP Course/ Major in IP

Thai Barrister

IP Course

8Promote IP
Creation

20 YearRoadmapfor IP
ReformofThailand

TK, PGRs,Folklore
Protection

IP
Commercia
lizedIP
ReformGI
Protection

IP
Protection

IP andInnovation: Driving
Force forThailand
4.0

Prevention
IP Violation
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DIP Activities• Government support• IP Roadmap Campaigns• IP Office support Activities• DIP E-Learning• IP IDE Center• IP Mart/IP Fair

10

E-Service on DIP Website

11DIP: Seminar on IP topics•Seminar on various topics• Created and Protected IP• Infringement of IP• Patent Agent• Etc.

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Intellectual Property and Innovation Design Center(IPIDE)• TechnoLab• IdeaLab• ValueLab• InterLab
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DIP E-Learning Course
I. IP Panorama
Designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
utilize and manage intellectual property (IP) in their businessstrategy.

II. WIPO Worldwide Academy

Protection of intellectual property under theinternational standard.

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DIP: IP FAIR

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IP Fair Objectives• IP Fair to show and sell products with IPand innovation• Support entrepreneurs who are theowners of intellectual property,institutions, and private companies toachieve business matching

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DIP IP Fair Pitching

Maker Space17

Thailand Research Fund (TRF) Mission
To support grants for research and development to create knowledge, policy, innovation, andintellectual property
To foster professional researchers and develop research community

To support national research system development

To encourage the utilization of research results

To strengthen the local community
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Thailand Inventors Day: National ResearchCouncil of Thailand (NRCT)• Exhibition: Invention in Agriculture,Industry, Medical and Public Health,
Energy, Environment, etc.
• Exhibitions of inventions fromsecondary schools, vocational andtechnical colleges, Universities, thepublic and private sectors• Competition of Young Thai Invention,Secondary School Level, Vocational
and Technical College Level andUniversity Level
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Ideas Competition Awards: Inventors Day 2018

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IP Infringement Situation

In 2017… Thailand out of US list ofnotorious markets
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Dhurakij Pandit University (DPU): Startup University

Maker Space23

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ThankYou

Assistant Professor Dr. Somchai Ratanachueskul
Dean, Pridi Banomyong School of Law, Dhurakij Pandit University

Email: somchai.rat@dpu.ac.th25