Hence, Peerapat said, other shops can sell this Thai-style Bingsu with bread and tea as ingredients without any legal trouble.
On Tuesday, the Pang Cha World Class Thai Tea Facebook page announced that the shop wanted to apologise for the misunderstanding caused.
In a heated debate, many Facebook users said common words and common dishes cannot be patented.
The department explained that a trademark is used to specify goods or services that are different from others.
According to the 1991 Trademark Act, characters, numerals, paintings, photos, illustrations, colours and symbols can be used to register new trademarks. Words made into phrases, sentences, slogans or titles can also be registered as trademarks.
Peerapat said the word “cha” alone cannot be registered as a trademark, but the shop used a combination of “Pang Cha” to register. However, he said, the trademark…
