May 20, 2013
Thailand is not a contracting party to the “Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks,” and the Thai Trademark Registrars have their own sets of manuals (in Thai) that they rely on when examining which description of goods or services would be acceptable for trademark registration. Since June 2003, however, the Thai Trademark Registrars’ manuals have been in line with the 8th edition of the Nice Classification in terms of which goods or services fall under which class.