Section 275: Importing or selling goods with a forged mark
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ใดนำเข้าในราชอาณาจักร จำหน่ายหรือเสนอจำหน่าย ซึ่งสินค้าอันเป็นสินค้าที่มีชื่อ รูป รอยประดิษฐ์หรือข้อความใด ๆ ดังบัญญัติไว้ในมาตรา ๒๗๒ (๑) หรือสินค้าอันเป็นสินค้าที่มีเครื่องหมายการค้าปลอมหรือเลียนเครื่องหมายการค้าของผู้อื่นตามความในมาตรา ๒๗๓ หรือมาตรา ๒๗๔ ต้องระวางโทษดังที่บัญญัติไว้ในมาตรานั้น ๆ
English translation
Whoever brings into the Kingdom, sells, or offers for sale goods bearing a name, figure, invented mark, or any statement as provided in Section 272(1), or goods bearing a counterfeit trademark or a trademark imitating that of another person under Section 273 or Section 274, shall be liable to the punishment prescribed in that Section.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 275 closes the loop on the trademark offences by reaching the distribution chain, not just the making of the false mark. Its elements are: bringing into the Kingdom, selling, or offering for sale, goods bearing a name, figure, invented mark, or statement, that was counterfeited under Section 273 or imitated under Section 274. Crucially, the penalty is not fixed independently but borrows the penalty of the underlying section, so goods carrying a counterfeited mark expose the seller to up to three years and 60,000 baht, while goods carrying an imitated mark expose the seller to up to one year and 20,000 baht. This lets prosecutors reach downstream sellers and importers who did not themselves make the mark.
Why this matters in practice
This section is the usual charge against shop sellers, market vendors, and importers of counterfeit-branded goods, because it does not require proving that the accused made the false mark, only that they dealt in the goods. Penalty exposure tracks whether the mark was counterfeited or merely imitated, and courts routinely order confiscation of the seized goods. Sellers cannot rely on ignorance alone as a defence where the circumstances show they knew or should have known the goods bore a false mark. A retailer or importer accused under this section should consult a Thai lawyer early, as these cases proceed in the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting this section
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Supreme Court Judgment No. 2662/2559 (2016)
Selling goods bearing a counterfeit trademark is punishable under Section 275 in conjunction with Section 273 as a distinct offence from the act of counterfeiting the mark.
The defendant admitted the charges. The Court held that the sale of goods bearing the counterfeit trademark constituted an offence under Section 275 in conjunction with Section 273, treated separately from the underlying counterfeiting, alongside conviction under the Trademark Act.
Curated decisions with case numbers verified against the Supreme Court database. English renderings are the firm's editorial translation for study.
Cited in 61 Supreme Court decisions (1960 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 2662/2559 (2016)
- Decision 127/2556 (2013)
- Decision 13335/2555 (2012)
- Decision 9798/2555 (2012)
- Decision 9797/2555 (2012)
- Decision 4862/2554 (2011)
- Decision 5037/2552 (2009)
- Decision 269/2549 (2006)
This list is selected automatically, weighted towards judgments that turn on this section rather than ones that merely recite it when passing sentence. It has not yet been reviewed by the firm.
Most often cited alongside
- Section 272 34
- Section 91 30
- Section 274 26
- Section 32 25
- Section 29 25
- Section 33 25
Sections that appear in the same judgments as this one most often. The figure is the number of decisions.
Counted across the firm's corpus of 83,652 Supreme Court decisions, 1921 to 2026. The count is complete; the stated year range trims rare outliers so it describes where the citations actually sit. These figures are computed by us and are not official court statistics. How we count these, and what we measured
Frequently asked questions
Can a seller be punished under Section 275 without having made the counterfeit mark?
Yes. The section reaches anyone who brings into Thailand, sells, or offers for sale goods bearing a mark counterfeited or imitated under Sections 273 or 274, regardless of who created the mark.
What penalty applies under Section 275?
The section applies the penalty of the underlying offence, so up to three years and a 60,000 baht fine for counterfeited marks, or up to one year and a 20,000 baht fine for imitated marks.
Related guides on ThaiLawOnline
Cite this section
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Plain citation
Penal Code, s. 275 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Penal Code (Thailand), s. 275. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-penal-code/section-275/ (accessed 21 August 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.อ. มาตรา 275 -
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