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Plaintiff number 3, Prayuth Mahakijsiri, submitted a closing statement to the Intellectual Property and Global Commerce Court, suing Nestlé and others for damages amounting to 100 billion baht, involving the QCP coffee business. The court scheduled the verdict for December 21, 2026.
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On September 4, 2026, Mr. Prayuth Mahakitchasiree, as plaintiff number 3, submitted a closing statement to the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Case No. ทป.92/2568, a case in which the Mahakitchasiree family, consisting of 3 plaintiffs, sued Nestlé S.A. and 6 defendants, seeking damages totaling approximately 100,000 billion baht for infringement from disputes over the business of producing instant coffee by Quality Coffee Products Co., Ltd. (QCP). Mr. Prayuth submitted the closing statement to support the court's consideration in 4 points as follows: 1. Whether the three plaintiffs have the authority to sue all defendants and use the right to sue in good faith 2. Whether the case according to the plaintiffs' claims is time-barred 3. Whether all defendants jointly infringed upon the three plaintiffs 4. The amount of damages In the closing statement, Mr. Prayuth explained the origin of the dispute, stating that QCP was a joint venture company established ...