Design Registration Thailand

Design registration in Thailand

Here you can entrust us with the protection of your design in Thailand. We will file a registered design for you. Our price includes the official fees.

The design of a product is one of the decisive factors for its market success. It can become a significant asset of your company, especially if it is a best-seller.

Basics: Registering a design in Thailand

I. Formal requirements

• Up to 7 images showing only your design from all perspectives against a neutral background
• Contact details of the client
• Contact details of the future owner as well as his nationality
• the name of the designer(s) of the product
• if necessary, a description of the design if it has characteristics not apparent from the illustrations

II. Classification

•  Locarno Classification

III. Application procedure

• There is an examination as to novelty for industry, including handicrafts.
• An accelerated procedure is not possible

IV. Scope of protection

• Exclusive right of use
• Unauthorized offering, production, sale and possession of protected designs can be punished
• Color and shape design are protected
• Three-dimensional and two-dimensional designs are protected
• Often the same overall impression is also protected.

V. Opposition proceedings

• After registration, an application for cancellation can be filed due to lack of novelty or lack of individual character.

VI. Term of protection

• 10 years calculated from the date of application

VII. Extension of the term of protection

• The maximum term of protection is 10 years

VIII. Our services

• Examination of the documents submitted with the application
• Preparation of the application, subsequent request for documents, and, if necessary, legal advice on the application documents filed Confirmation of the information for filing the application
• Filing of the application and payment of the official fees for the application and registration of the design
• Sending the communication of the Office on the requested registration
• Receipt and forwarding of the registration certificate (usually in digital form) and a current excerpt from the register.
• Receipt and forwarding of other correspondence with the Office