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December 27, 2014

Bangkok Post: Tilleke & Gibbins’ Museum of Counterfeit Goods Featured in Documentary

Bangkok Post

Tilleke & Gibbins’ Museum of Counterfeit Goods was recently featured in a short documentary produced by the Bangkok Post  newspaper. The documentary, which delves into the harmful effects of fake goods, showcases the museum’s stock of counterfeit products and interviews Suebsiri Taweepon, an attorney-at-law in the Tilleke & Gibbins intellectual property group.

Suebsiri was interviewed about the different types of intellectual property, the effect of counterfeit goods on companies, and the fake products housed in the museum.

If you would like to watch the video, please visit the Bangkok Post website.

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After a visit to the Museum of Counterfeit Goods by a reporter of the Hong Kong Economic Times earlier this year, a Chinese-language article was published in April, covering the purpose of the museum and Tilleke & Gibbins’ range of IP clients. Building on an interview with Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa, an attorney-at-law in the Tilleke & Gibbins IP group, the article also details the various forms of IP infringement displayed at the museum, the most common counterfeit products found in Thailand, and penalties for the purchase of such goods.
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