(Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd)Thailand remains on the US Priority Watch List (PWL) for an 11th straight year because Washington says the country is not doing enough to seriously protect intellectual property rights. The USTR said Thailand had not done enough to clamp down on priracy of goods over the past year. "The United States is prepared to review that status if Thailand continues taking positive steps and makes substantial progress" in addressing the problems, it said. The Department of Intellectual Property released its 20-year IP Roadmap in January, in line with the plan to create a new "Thailand 4.0" model for economic development based on innovation and technology. Mrs Apiradee said the government continued to make progress along the road to ending rights violations and improving home-grown intellectual property rights.

Source: Bangkok Post April 29, 2017 08:37 UTC