The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), a US-based intellectual copyright lobbying group, has asked that Thailand be placed once again on a list of the world’s worst IP violators.
The IIPA asked the US Trade Representative to keep Thailand on its “Priority Watch List” – a 13-nation list, maintained by the US government, of what it sees as the world’s worst distributors of copyrighted material.
Representing members of the video game, music and film industries, the IIPA made no mention in its complaint of Thai efforts to domestically produce copyrighted pharmaceuticals.
The Bangkok Post reports that Thailand’s Commerce Ministry and Department of Intellectual Property have been trying to get Thailand removed from the Priority Watch List, with nothing in the way of results.
