Over the past few weeks, Thailand's Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) has placed Geographical Indications (GI) squarely in the national spotlight, signalling a shift from pure legal protection towards active commercialisation of GI as an economic asset. On 13 August 2026, DIP publicly reaffirmed that “Cham Kai Lampang" of Lampang province's chicken-motif ceramic bowl is […]