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Copyright NoticeThailandGuru.com > CopyrightThe ThailandGuru website is copyright 1999-2007 by Mark Prado, All Rights Reserved. Other websites created by Mark Prado and his company, some of which are linked to this notice page, are also copyrighted with All Rights Reserved. The founder of ThailandGuru, Mark Prado, worked in Intellectual Property (IP) for the U.S. Department of Commerce in the mid-1980s. This included completion of official academy training in copyrights, patents and trademarks, and official work (mainly as a patent examiner). I know the laws and practical & effective means of dealing with infringers. We are also familiar with the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) of the Thai Ministry of Commerce. One of our Thai partners (my wife) was a journalist of high stature, and dealt with intellectual property matters at one stage. Notably, the leading IP infringement investigation company in Thailand is Quantico, Ltd., formerly the Bangkok Branch of the multinational Pinkerton, and its longtime Managing Director, Rusty Lerner, is a longtime associate of mine, since 1995.
Obviously, I didn't keep my badge when I worked for the US government in intellectual property (and later for the Pentagon in space defense and advance planning), but I did get the privileges of a credit union! After this job, I switched to working in advanced planning in the U.S. space program, and after that became a communications (and computer) consultant, networking worldwide, long before the internet became mainstream. It was my role as a communications consultant that eventually led me to come to Bangkok in 1994 to help out associates of the Asia Regional Office, which is located in Bangkok, Thailand. After a decade in the Washington, D.C., region, I didn't really want to go back, and frankly, I'm not fond of government related work, nor many of my country's politicians, some of its bureaucrats, some inside contractors, etc. So I switched to purely private sector consulting in Asia, and choose my own policies, responsibilities, and customers. Now, I have a Thai wife and 2 daughters. About copycats, while we don't mind competition, on the other hand we don't tolerate crooks and criminals who just copy copyrighted stuff shamelessly, and as a private investigator I have the skills, contacts, and of course motivation and focus to deal with that kind of low life. So do my Thai employees. This is the livelihood of ourselves and our families. Being a copycat is low class. Being proudly original is the better way to be in the evolutionary progress of life & spirit in our generation.
Here's my main mission in life (and yes, I registered the trademark by myself, no lawyer, and also got permanent.com ): www.PERMANENT.com
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