Thailand has ordered its customs department to ban cheap Chinese imports of trousers with cat and elephant patterns as it cranks up efforts to protect a sartorial trend long popular among foreign backpackers travelling to the kingdom.
Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said the thin cotton pants had been copyrighted in Thailand and the intellectual property department would assess the extent of the imitation products flooding the local market.
“So, I have to find out how the copyright law can be used to protect the original products from these low-quality products from China,”…
