Protecting
Information from Competitors
A.
Legal
methods of protecting proprietary information over the
Internet include registration and enforcement of intellectual
property rights, including the registration and enforcement
of one's domain name.
B.
Domain
Name Registration: Domain Names are registered through
the international domain name registration directory,
known as "Internic". Domain are the names used as a
convenient way to locate information on the Internet
and they correspond to Internet protocol numbers.
(1)
There
are various registration agents that are authorized
to submit domain name requests to Internic.
(2)
Cyber
Squatters: Cyber Squatters are persons who register
domain names speculatively, in order to sell them at
a later date. This has become a developed industry with
companies that are exclusively focused on being domain
name merchants. If the domain name is not currently
associated with a registered business, the practice
is totally legal. There is currently a domain name dispute
policy that has been set up by Internet Corporation
for the Registration of Assigned Name and Numbers
(3)
("ICANN")
A.
Intellectual
Property rights Overview
(1)
Thailand
is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Pursuant
to the WTO, Thailand entered into the Trade Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement.
Pursuant to ther TRIPs agreement Thailand has enacted
laws to protect intellectual property rights. The most
important of these laws for the current topic are: (a)The
Trademark Act B.E. 2534 (1991)
(b)The Copyright Act B.E. 2537 (1994)
(2)
Remedies
Available (inter alia) for Enforcing Intellectual Property
Rights:
(a)Monetary
Damages
(b)Seizure
(c)Criminal Prosecution
(d)Injunction
