Thailand: Intellectual Property

Thailand has finalized its social media KYC (“know your customer”) rules under Notification of the Electronic Transactions Commission on Measures to Prevent Technological Crimes for Social Media Service Providers (No. 2), which was published in the Government Gazette on May 5, 2026, and will take effect on November 1, 2026.

Thailand's Department of Intellectual Property has released statistics showing significant growth in IP filings for the first half of 2026, with trade mark applications up 8% and copyright notifications surging 33% year-over-year. The data reveals strong domestic participation alongside sustained international interest, with health, retail, and consumer sectors leading trade mark activity while Thai universities dominate copyright recordation.

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the nature of copyright infringement by enabling the extraction of creative intelligence rather than simple copying. This shift from traditional content piracy to what the author terms "Intelligence Piracy" raises critical questions about how we protect not just creative works themselves, but the accumulated knowledge and capability that makes those works possible.

Modern agricultural machinery increasingly relies on embedded software and digital systems, raising complex questions about ownership rights and repair access. Thailand's patent exhaustion doctrine, developed for mechanical products, may not adequately address situations where manufacturers control the proprietary software and diagnostic tools necessary for equipment maintenance and repair.

Thailand's Department of Intellectual Property has released filing statistics for the first half of 2026, revealing significant growth in patent grants and continued expansion across invention patents...

Thailand's packaging market is undergoing a dramatic shift toward minimalist, label-free designs driven by environmental concerns, yet the country's intellectual property framework creates a paradox...

Thailand's Department of Intellectual Property has released filing statistics for the first half of 2026, revealing significant growth in patent grants and continued expansion across invention patents...

Thailand has finalized its social media KYC (“know your customer”) rules under Notification of the Electronic Transactions Commission on Measures to Prevent Technological Crimes for Social Media Service Providers (No. 2), which was published in the Government Gazette on May 5, 2026, and will take effect on November 1, 2026.

Thailand's packaging market is undergoing a dramatic shift toward minimalist, label-free designs driven by environmental concerns, yet the country's intellectual property framework creates a paradox...