BANGKOK, June 3 (TNA) – Officials of the Intellectual Property Department raided big shops of pirate mobile phone accessories and seized about 18,000 pirate products worth about 5 million baht.
Direk Boonthae, deputy director-general of the department, said that his officials together with technology crime suppression police raided big shops and warehouses of pirate mobile phone accessories under the brands of Apple, Samsung and Oppo on Petchakasem and Suea Pa roads on May 29 and seized 18,244 pirate products worth about 5 million baht.
Suppression on violations to intellectual property was an important matter of the government because the problem had local and international impacts on economy, trade and investment. Besides, many pirate products could be substandard and thus harmful to the life and property of consumers, he said.
People who saw pirate products could call the hotline number 1368 to report the crime to police or the Intellectual Property Department, Mr Direk said. (TNA)
