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Supreme Court Judgments 18803-18804/2556 — Pen Choo Kab Pee film
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- Nombre
- Supreme Court Judgments 18803-18804/2556 — Pen Choo Kab Pee film
- Cita
- ฎีกา 18803-18804/2556; Supreme Court docket ทกป34/2554
- Tribunal
- Supreme Court of Thailand, Intellectual Property division
- Instancia
- última instancia
- Fechas
- year
- 2013
- Estado
- year-only-reporter
- Resultado
- Dismissal affirmed; plaintiffs did not prove infringement.
- Resumen
- Ideas and inspiration were not protected under section 6(2); limited conceptual similarities and a common ghost motif did not show adaptation of protected expression.
- Antecedentes
- The film Pen Choo Kab Pee drew acknowledged inspiration from Hem Vejakorn's ghost novels and paintings and shared concepts including a frightening head-down ghost. Its plot, scenes and particular cinematic expression were materially different.
- Historia procesal
- Two civil suits were consolidated. The Central IP and International Trade Court dismissed the plaintiffs' claims. They appealed directly to the Supreme Court, which affirmed and ordered costs borne as stated in the judgment.
- Cuestión jurídica
- Whether acknowledged inspiration and overlapping ghost concepts made the film an infringing adaptation of the novels or paintings.
- Criterio
- Ideas and inspiration were not protected under section 6(2); limited conceptual similarities and a common ghost motif did not show adaptation of protected expression.
- Fundamento decisivo
- A claimant must identify copied expression; a shared concept, style, motif or acknowledged inspiration is insufficient.
- Límites
- This is an infringement/idea-expression case, not a decision that prompts, themes or styles can never contribute to authorship. It says nothing about who created model-determined expression.
- Relevancia
- doctrina-general
- Referencias relacionadas
- Peso del precedente
- Final Supreme Court authority with high guiding weight for idea/expression separation. Integración/votación: Three-judge panel: Thatchaphan Praphutthanitisan, Aram Senamontri and Parinya Deephadung (Thai transliteration); individual votes/separate opinions not published.
- Fuente
- Referencia
- Supreme Court Judgments 18803-18804/2556 — Pen Choo Kab Pee film
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- Autoridad
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- Tipo
- national idea-expression and inspiration analogue; not an AI case
- Localizador
- ThaiDeka ย่อสั้น on inspiration and Copyright Act s 6(2); เนื้อหาคำพิพากษา comparison and disposition; ข้อมูลฎีกา docket/coram/source
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