TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT AND EXECUTION PROCEDURES IN THAILAND Even though foreigners could register their mark in Thailand, under Section 6, 7, and 8 of the Trademark Act, certain types of trademark will not be registrable by the Department of Intellectual Property in Thailand. Under Section 108 any person who counterfeits a trademark registered in Thailand by…
Malaysia: Munchy Food Industries Sdn Bhd v Huasin Food Industries Sdn Bhd Both Munchy Food Industries Sdn. Bhd. (“Munchy Food”) and Huasin Food Industries Sdn Bhd (“Huasin Food”) are manufacturers and sellers of biscuits and confectionary. Munchy Food has registered a variety of trademarks with one of it being the mark “LEXUS” since 1998. On…
A Win for Peppa Pig In early 2022, eOne entertainment, the owner of the trademarks and copyrights to the well-known cartoon series, Peppa Pig has initiated a copyright infringement lawsuit against a Russian content creator, Sconnect, for creating animated characters which allegedly, borrowed heavily from Peppa Pig, without authorization from eOne, thereby infringing eOne’s copyright…
Is an online marketplace responsible for the sale of intellectual property infringing goods by third-party? It has always been said that the law is struggling to keep up with the rise of online shopping platforms. Despite the fact that most of the, if not all, online shopping platforms have their own policy in place to…