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Thai Effort to Protect Vehicle Name Has Slim Chance for Success.
Jan. 4--Efforts to prevent a British company from importing Thai three-wheel vehicles and selling them as the MMW Tuk Tuk are unlikely to succeed as the word tuk-tuk is a generic description, just like motor car, according to a Thai lawyer.
A major Thai manufacturer of tuk-tuks has been to the fore in pushing the Thai authorities into protecting the national symbol, which actually has its origins in Japan.
Michael Williams, the managing director of MMW Import, denied in an interview with the Bangkok Post that he was trying "to steal" the tuk-tuk, saying he was actually promoting a product made in Thailand.
"None of the Thai tuk-tuk manufacturers or the Thai government have made any effort to try to break into the European market yet," Mr Williams said. "At no point am I trying to take ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 29, 2001 700+ words
...modifies and sells them under the MMW Tuk Tuk brand. The company, which declined...building brand recognition. The MMW Tuk Tuk has made appearances in London...a British trade magazine. The MMW Tuk Tuk has been sold to public relations...
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- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) November 23, 2001 700+ words
...50 Information: (720) 917-2222 TUK TUK THAI BISTRO Grade: B Where: 10667 Westminster...15 Information: (303) 988-5885 The tuk tuk (pronounced ``took took'') is a...have survived them describe the careering tuk tuk rides as a scary circus for the senses...
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...religion and soul of a nation. The tuk-tuk drivers, beckoning from the street...driveway was the most persistent of the tuk-tuk drivers who'd been shadowing us for...covered bench seats in the back of the tuk-tuk, letting serendipity be our guide. Our...
- Tuk-Tuk.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Newspaper article from: Small Press Bookwatch May 1, 2005 700+ words
Tuk-Tuk Thomas W. Konkol PublishAmerica PO Box...1413737161 $24.95 publishamerica.com Tuk-Tuk is a novel about one man's adventure...begins to sink in, he discovers an old tuk-tuk, or three-wheeled miniature taxi...
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- Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) March 17, 2001 700+ words
...Sri Lanka, once known as Ceylon and our tuk-tuk driver, Saweega, was setting down the...may hit me on the head.'' Now, the tuk-tuk is the local transport of Asia and they...treat people I suppose. So back to the tuk-tuk. Today we start to explore. I like the...
- Gas-Powered Tuk-Tuk Vehicles Catch on in Bangladesh.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News January 6, 2003 700+ words
...new opportunity, Payoongsidhi Ltd, a tuk-tuk exporter, last year began exporting the...Payoongsidhi founder Sira Tindukasiri entered the tuk-tuk business in the middle of last year by...Sira said that as Thailand had only a few tuk-tuk makers, and they would be swamped by...
- From Thailand to Sweden with love: Tuk-Tuk a hit in Stockholm. (News from...
- Magazine article from: Quick Frozen Foods International April 1, 2003 700+ words
...from a Stockholm-based company called Tuk-Tuk Foods founded by Sawanee Engblom, a Thai...in Stockholm where her home-delivered Tuk-Tuk brand of Thai dishes is gaining popularity...country. "This sparked the idea to set up Tuk-Tuk Foods. Why not? I'm Thai and I can...
- Chandigarh turns pink with 'Tuk-Tuk' auto-rickshaw
- News wire article from: The Hindustan Times September 9, 2009 700+ words
...coloured auto-rickshaws christened 'Tuk Tuk', which can be ordered to your doorsteps...charge of 25 percent. The concept of 'Tuk-Tuk' auto-rickshaw was launched in Chandigarh...on city roads Wednesday. As many as 10 Tuk-Tuk radio auto-rickshaws, which were flagged...
