1. In IPR village, is Madrid Protocol a Desideratum? Speaker - Nettaya Warncke of Domnern Somgiat & Boonma Law Office Bangkok

2. PARADISE

8. Consumers queuing up in front of Prada shop in Tokyo.

21. First Thai Trademarks Act 1931

22. OAPI Organization Africain de la Propriete Intelectuelle aka AIPO African Intellectual Property Organization Members 16 French Speaking African Countries

23. ARIPO African Regional Industrial Property Organization Members 15 English Speaking African Countries

24. ASEAN 10 Countries AWGIPC ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Co-operation

25. EC European Community of Trademarks

27. Madrid Union Members (84) 27 October 2008 Agreement only 6 Protocol only 25 Agreement and Protocol 50 (Including EC)

28. http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/members Madrid Union Members (84) 27 October 2008 50 PROTOCOL & AGREEMENT Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran ( Islamic Republic of ), Italy, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, Viet Nam 6 AGREEMENT ONLY 25 PROTOCOL ONLY Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Estonia, European Community, Finland, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Madagascar, Norway, Oman, Republic of Korea, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Zambia Algeria, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Sudan, Tajikistan Madrid System

29. Gross domestic product 2007

30. Madrid Protocol Promotion Activities

31. TrademarkAbsolute Grounds Trademark Board’s Decision No. RAMBODescriptive of farm machines 547/2537 because the movie hero named RAMBO signifies strength BON GIORNODescriptive of clothing articles 601/2538 because the mark means good day-light ASIAN PULSEDescriptive of broadcasting 1282/2539 services, it tells about the heartbeat of Asia

34. ALEXANDER MCQUEEN similar to ALEXANDER NICOLETIE Co-existence refused in I.C. 25 Trademark Board’s Decision No. 1335/2548

35. BUDGET not similar to BUDJET Co-existence allowed in I.C. 16 Due to different goods Trademark Board ‘s Decision No. 975/2548

36. DIGA similar to TIGA Trademarks Board Decision No. 222/2551

37. CONCERT Supreme Court Decision No. 3549/2541

38. Trademark Absolute Grounds Trademark Board’s Decision No. NETBURST Descriptive of computer 1091/2544 hardware and software XSCALE Descriptive of computer 1552/2544 Programs TRUSTY Descriptive of pet food 1294/2542 I-MODEDescriptive of 398/2546 communication services

39. Statistics of court cases against Trademarks Office

40. Statistics of Trademark Application and Registration Department of Intellectual Property

41. .............................. http://www.listofcontriesoftheworld.com http://www.listofcontriesoftheworld.com ( Jan 19, 2009 )

43. 10,000 Foreign Applications Per Year

44. YearIndian Applicants Foreign Applicants Total 2002-0388,1905,93094,120 2003-0476,80115,45092,251 2004-0563,90615,09078,996 2005-0673,30812,36185,669 2006-0788,21015,209103,419 Trend of Applications filed 2002-03 to 2006-07

45. Local 5 Foreign 1