模倣品展示博物館
当事務所の模倣品展示博物館 (Museum of Counterfeit Goods) は、商標権、特許権、著作権を侵害する4,000点を超える模倣品を収集した博物館です。
ご来館の際は、1営業日前までにご予約ください。
OVERVIEW
当事務所の社会的責任プログラムの一環として、当事務所の模倣品展示博物館は、経験豊富な知的財産分野の弁護士が案内するガイドツアーを催行しており、毎年数百人の来場者を迎えています。
講演やツアーにおいて、知的財産権の侵害は被害者なき犯罪であるという錯覚・偏見が払拭されます。来場者は、模倣品により、模倣品を購入する消費者と模倣品を生産する労働者の両方の健康と安全が脅かされることを学ぶことなります。また、我々は、模倣品が、麻薬や銃器、人身売買、さらにはテロリズムなどの他の組織犯罪と密接に結びついていることを伝えています。さらに、模倣品や海賊版が、政府から税収を奪い、取締りの負担によって正当な納税者に大きな負担を強いるとともに、技術革新を阻害し、経済全体の発展に悪影響を及ぼすことを説明しています。
模倣品展示博物館においては、知的財産権の実務家、タイや外国の警察、裁判官、外交団のメンバー、その他の政府関係者を対象に、高度なブランド認識トレーニングを提供しています。これらのイベントでは、専門家が真正品と模倣品を区別する方法についてトレーニングを受けます。これにより、困難な仕事に従事している参加者の能力を高め、業務遂行に資するのではと考えます。
模倣品展示博物館では、法学部、デザイン学部、建築学部、そして、創造的なアイデアの保護が成功の鍵となる他分野の学部の大学生が来館します。来館した学生たちは、経験豊富な知的財産を扱う弁護士から、知的財産の基礎知識について学ぶ機会を得ることになります。
The museum is open to members of the general public at designated dates and times. Visits are always subject to an advance booking. To schedule a visit, please contact the Museum of Counterfeit Goods at [email protected].
模倣品展示博物館はメディアからも注目されており、CNNやBBCをはじめとする海外の大手テレビ放送局が、タイの模倣品の状況をテーマにしたドキュメンタリー番組で同博物館を取り上げています。また、クリスチャン・サイエンス・モニター誌やTIME誌など、国内外の多くの新聞や雑誌にも同博物館に言及した記事が掲載されています。
Collection
“A mind-boggling array of counterfeit merchandise”
– Lonely Planet
Established in 1989 by David Lyman, Chairman and Chief Values Officer, the Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods has grown from a collection of approximately 100 products when it was first created to more than 4,000 IP-infringing goods today, making it one of the largest of its kind in the world. The museum houses a collection covering 14 broad categories of goods, including clothing, footwear, watches and eyewear, accessories, cosmetics and perfumes, food and household products, drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, copyrighted works, stationery and office supplies, automotive parts, tools, electrical devices, and miscellaneous products.
Case Studies
Due to their unique design, HAVAIANAS flip-flop sandals have become very popular among Thai people and tourists, especially at tourist attractions and beach areas. This has resulted in the widespread distribution of counterfeit HAVAIANAS sandals across Thailand. The counterfeit products use similar, infringing designs, and are offered at prices which are three to four times lower than genuine HAVAIANAS sandals, but with very inferior quality.
HappyCall is a well-known Korean kitchenware manufacturer. A Thai TV shopping network began to run advertisements for a company offering counterfeit HappyCall frying pans for sale. In addition, the infringer offered the counterfeit frying pans for sale on its website and offered to deliver them in person to its customers.
A Thai company that was formerly an authorized licensee of PGA TOUR, Inc., a well-known organizer of professional golf tournaments, continued to distribute PGA TOUR apparel products bearing PGA TOUR trademarks after the agreement was legitimately terminated. The distributed products were identical to the originals but were deemed to be infringing products because the trademark owner’s authorization had ended with the termination of the licensing agreement.
An online company in the business of selling counterfeit products, including those of the well-known Korean makeup brands Lotree, Etude, Skinfood, and Baviphat, was the subject of coordinated raids carried out by the Department of Special Investigation of Thailand. The company stocked its counterfeit products in three different locations across two Thai provinces. The first site was a stockroom, while the others were three-story commercial buildings.
A Thai factory located in Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani province, was raided by the police, leading to the seizure of thousands of automotive-related products, including counterfeit engine oils, plastic engine oil containers, cardboard boxes, labels, and even foil seals that cover the tops of engine oil containers. All of the seized items bore trademarks belonging to Honda Motor (Japan) and other leading companies.
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