More than 82,000 counterfeit batteries seized were intended for sale
on eCommerce platforms
Thai police have successfully dismantled a Panasonic counterfeiting ring and recovered over 82,000 fake batteries bearing Panasonic s trademark. The seizure is the largest to date for the brand in Southeast Asia, with the batteries intended for sales on various eCommerce platforms.
The raid, which took place at a warehouse outside Bangkok in May, was the result of several months of close collaboration between Panasonic s brand team and Lazada s intellectual property rights protection team, who facilitated information sharing and provided evidence to the relevant Thai authorities.
As batteries are often classified as consumables, they are regularly overlooked as products that can be counterfeited, despite the risk that fake batteries are highly hazardous and can cause serious damage to a variety of household appliances.
Thai police cracks down on counterfeit products for online sale with Panasonic and Lazada help Details
Thai police have dismantled a Panasonic counterfeiting ring and recovered over 82,000 fake batteries bearing Panasonic s trademark. The seizure is the largest to date for the brand in Southeast Asia, with the batteries intended for sales on various eCommerce platforms. The raid, which took place at a warehouse outside Bangkok in May, was the result of several months of close collaboration between Panasonic s brand team and Lazada s intellectual property rights protection team, which facilitated information sharing and provided evidence to the relevant Thai authorities.
As batteries are often classified as consumables, they are regularly overlooked as products that can be counterfeited, despite the risk that fake batteries are highly hazardous and can cause serious damage to a variety of household appliances.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Thais have been gripped by fear. For months, these worries which have been intensified during the kingdom's third wave of infections have been about the government's slow vaccination rollout. Now the public is getting more anxious, following concerns over a possible shortage of favipiravir, an important medicine used to treat Covid-19 patients with moderate to severe symptoms.
March 04 2021
E-commerce platforms have become some of the most
significant marketplaces in Thailand, with millions of daily business
transactions and huge numbers of online users. The increasing number of
online shops operating on e-commerce platforms requires new techniques
to be employed in online IP rights infringement cases.
Both the private sector and the government have developed tools to
enhance online IP enforcement, including ones using the latest legal
technologies and artificial intelligence (AI). Many legal technologies
and AI operations are still nascent and typically do not yet offer the
best approach for online IP rights enforcement. For example, AI and
Supreme Faces New Copyright Claims, But It s Complicated
Supreme Faces New Copyright Claims, But It s Complicated
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Supreme has no qualms with provoking the sensibilities of religious groups, as the collaboration with Andres Serrano and his backlash-inducing Piss Christ artwork from 2017 made very clear. Four years on and the brand is at it again, this time an item from the forthcoming SS21 drop could lead to a copyright case filed by Thailand’s National Office of Buddhism.
The SS21 camouflage Blessings Ripstop Shirt features an image on the back depicting the highly celebrated late monk Luang Phor Koon smoking a cigarette. According to The Fashion Law, this is one of the most popular images of the monk. It was apparently taken with his permission circa 2002 and initially used to raise funds for Wat Ban Rai, a Nakhon Ratchasima province temple.