Thailand Law Forum: Patent Act B.E. 2522

CHAPTER VI OFFENSES

Section 81⁽¹⁾ Any official who violates Section 21 or Section 23 paragraph two or Section 65 and 21 or Sections 65 decies and 21 or 23 paragraph two of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand baht or both.

Section 82⁽²⁾ Any person who violates Section 22 or Sections 65 and 27 or Sections 65 decies and 22 punished with imprisonment not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand baht or both.

Section 83⁽³⁾ Any person who violates Section 23 paragraph two or Section 65 decies and 23 paragraph two of this act shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding fifty thousand baht or both.

Section 84 Any person who violates Section 75 or Section 76 of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand baht or both.

Section 85⁽¹⁾ Any person who commits any act under Section 36 or 63 without the permission of the patentee shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding four hundred thousand baht or both.

Section 86⁽²⁾ Any person who commits any Act under Sections 65 decies and 36 without the permission of the owner of a petty patent shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand baht or both.

Section 87⁽³⁾ Any person, in order to obtain a patent, applies for a patent for an invention or design or a petty patent, presents or gives a false statement shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding five thousand baht or both.

Section 88 Where an offender punishable under this Act is a juristic person, the persons in charge or representatives of the juristic person, except those who can prove that such offense was committed without their knowledge or consent, shall also be liable to the penalties prescribed by law for the offence.

LIST OF THE MAXIMUM FEES

		Baht
(1) An application for a patent		1,000
(2) Applications for design patents for the same design which are filed at the same time in a number of ten or more applications		10,000
(3) Publication of a patent application		500
(4) A request for patent examination		500
(5) An opposition to a patent application		1,000
(6) A patent or petty patent		1,000
(7) Annual fees for invention patents:
	fifth year	2,000
	sixth year	4,000
	seventh year	6,000
	eighth year	8,000
	ninth year	10,000
	tenth year	12,000
	eleventh year	14,000
	twelfth year	16,000
	thirteenth year	18,000
	fourteenth year	20,000
	fifteenth year	30,000
	sixteenth year	40,000
	seventeenth year	50,000
	eighteenth year	60,000
	nineteenth year	70,000
	twentieth year	80,000
	or payment of all annual fees in one payment	400,000
(8) Annual fees for design patents:
	fifth year	1,000
	sixth year	2,000
	seventh year	3,000
	eighth year	4,000
	ninth year	5,000
	tenth year	6,000
	or payment of all annual fees in one payment	20,000
(9) Annual fees for petty patents:
	fifth year	2,000
	sixth year	4,000
	or payment of all annual fees in one payment	6,000
(10) Fees for the extension of the term of petty patents:
	first extension	14,000
	second extension	22,000
(11) An application for the registration of a License		500
(12) An application to record the assignment of a patent or petty patent		500
(13) An application for conversion of a patent or petty patent		500
(14) A licensing certificate		1,000
(15) A substitute of a patent, petty patent or licensing certificate		100
(16) An appeal against an order or decision of the Director-General		1,000
(17) Copies of documents, each page		10
(18) Certifying copies
	of documents of more than ten pages, each page	100
	of not more than ten pages, each page	10
(19) Any other application		100

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