Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property has signalled this week, in its response to the 2026 U.S. Special 301 Report, that the draft amendment to the Patent Act has moved into the final accelerated stage of legislation. Thailand remains on the U.S. intellectual property Watch List, but the reform message is now more practical than political: companies filing patents, designs or technology-related matters in Thailand should revisit authorisation records, filing calendars and likely prosecution costs before the law changes rather than after.In Malaysia, MyIPO’s revised Guidelines of...
Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (DIP), together with the Federation of Thai Industries, held its first practical briefing on partial design protection around 9 July 2026 as part of the country’s domestic preparations for joining the Hague Agreement. The proposed framework would allow applicants to claim protection for a specific visible part of a product by combining solid and dotted lines, rather than having to rely on the novelty of the product’s overall appearance.If implemented as outlined, the change should make design filings more adaptable for smartphone interfaces,...
A development reported on 30 July 2026 indicates that Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) and Customs Department have completed a new digital upgrade to the country’s customs IP recordation framework. The shift is aimed less at conventional container inspections and more at postal parcels and express-delivery channels, with partial logistics-data alerts reportedly linked to platforms such as Lazada and Shopee and AI-assisted screening used to flag suspected counterfeit goods and pirated merchandise.The operational value of the upgrade will depend on the quality of...
As of 20 June 2026, Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) is no longer merely experimenting with faster trademark procedures for the digital economy. The Fast Track 4 Month Plus+ route has started to show what it really is: not a relaxed shortcut, but a tightly managed lane for applicants that can present a clean, e-filed, single-class case with standard specifications, prior searches, and a credible need to use the mark on online platforms. For businesses racing to secure a filing position before marketplace launches or platform onboarding, that is useful news. It also means...
On 24 June 2026, Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) signalled a sharper enforcement model for online counterfeiting. Working with Meta Thailand and other platform stakeholders, the agency is no longer framing the issue as a simple takedown exercise. The emphasis has moved toward automated detection, digital intelligence and source-tracing that can connect anonymous online sellers to warehouses and offline supply points.The timing matters. Thailand’s B2C e-commerce market reached 970 billion baht in 2025 and is projected to grow to 1.8 trillion baht by 2030. Against that...
On 24 June, Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) said it had removed or suspended 1,322 suspected trademark and copyright listings from online platforms in the first five months of 2026, while related enforcement led to 116 cases and 224,042 seized items at storage and warehouse points. The more important signal was rhetorical as much as operational: the DIP is no longer describing online infringement as a simple takedown problem, but as a chain that runs from platform data to upstream supply nodes.A few weeks earlier, Thai media personality DJ Nui pushed a different issue...
Editor’s note (24 September 2026): as of publication we have not located an official announcement of the measures described below; this article is based on industry briefings and is subject to official confirmation.
According to the latest update dated 29 August 2026, Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) has moved its Digital IP Enforcement Center (DIPEC) into regular operation. The center is intended to serve as a direct coordination hub linking DIP with major e-commerce platforms, including Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop, as well as internet service providers. Under the...
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce and Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) have released the final public-consultation report on proposed amendments to the industrial design provisions of the Patent Act. The latest update, dated 2 September, shows a reform package increasingly aligned with international design filing practice, including protection for partial designs and the ability to include multiple designs in a single application. The draft also aims to shorten examination timelines and reduce procedural complexity around extensions, bringing Thailand closer to completing the...
Thailand's Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) issued a press release on 21 September making online infringement of films, series and other digital content a priority for enforcement. Director-General Oramon Sapthaweetham said that digital technology lets the public reach films and other content conveniently through online platforms but is also being used to redistribute pirated content. The DIP has received complaints from platform providers about such redistribution and is verifying them. It is coordinating with platform providers, internet service providers and the relevant...
Thailand's Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) held bilateral talks with the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) in Beijing on 21 September. DIP Director-General Oramon Sapthaweetham led the delegation and exchanged views with NCAC Director-General Wang Zhicheng on how the two countries' copyright protection systems should develop. According to the DIP's announcement, the talks focused on three subjects: copyright management of the use of public-domain musical works, the suppression of online copyright infringement, and the relationship between copyright...
