As we all know, Thailand is a country rich in cultural heritage. There is, however, room for improvement in copyright protection to help preserve Thailand’s precious heritage. British Council, in partnership with the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and True Visions, are targeting tomorrow’s lawyers to try to deal with the issue and raise awareness of intellectual property (IP). Following a gruelling national competition, including a knockout mock trial in a real court, our two Young Thai IP Law Ambassadors went to the UK, whose strength in IP goes back over a hundred years, to claim their prize. Over the course of a fortnight they experienced a work attachment with top IP law firm Rouse & Co International, and met key practitioners from many IP institutions in creative and pharmaceutical industries such as the UK Intellectual Property Office, Design and Artists Copyright Society, Copyright Licensing Agency, GlaxoSmithKline, as well as IP academics from University College London. This year the two first runners-up took on a one-week IP study visit in Hong Kong which was sponsored by the Motion Picture Associate (MPA). The pair was given opportunity not only to visit MPA but also the Custom and Excise Department, courts as well as met with a judge. All four of them certainly gained a great deal of invaluable knowledge and experience for their future career from this visit and will share what they have learned about IP in the UK and Hong Kong with their peers.
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Application deadline 5 November 2008
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