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April 19, 2011

Getting the Black Market to Knock It Off: Enforcing Trademark Rights in Thailand (Part II of II)

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Asialaw IP Review

Intellectual property rights owners are increasingly feeling the pressure from the counterfeit goods that are invading the global market. Societies worldwide also suffer, as countless people are either slaves to these criminal black marketers or victims of their faulty products. The second part of this two-part feature takes a look at some of the economic and social problems posed by counterfeiting and other IP rights violations.

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