Intellectual Property

Tilleke & Gibbins is a one-stop center for all IP services, including registration and enforcement, commercialization, litigation, government relations, and regulatory affairs. Our high-caliber practice is internationally recognized in anticounterfeiting, IP litigation, strategic filing advice, and commercial IP work.

We help creators strategically position, protect, and profit from intellectual assets in diverse markets worldwide. Our success on our clients’ behalf has led to global recognition as a leading intellectual property (IP) practice in Thailand and Vietnam by such surveys as Asialaw Profiles, Chambers Asia Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Managing Intellectual Property, Practical Law Co., World Trademark Review, Asia IP, Asian Legal Business, and others. 

We are versatile practitioners—well-educated in the overlapping fields of science, technology, and the law by top universities and real-world practice in one of the toughest IP regions in the world. In Bangkok, our IP group consists of 48 lawyers, including 7 litigators; 9 patent agents with backgrounds in chemistry, biology, computer science, food science, materials science, or physics; 10 trademark executives; 60 support personnel, including a government/police liaison and a private investigator; and 24 technical specialists in various scientific fields, on an as-needed basis. The Vietnam IP team consists of 15 members, including veteran IP practitioners and patent agents.

We are educators—our IP attorneys provide free lectures and tours of our Museum of Counterfeit Goods to students of all ages, clients, diplomats, intellectual property practitioners, Thai and foreign police, Interpol officers, judges, government officials, and business executives. The museum’s collection is composed of more than 3,500 products in 14 broad categories of goods, many of which were used as evidence in court or seized in raids overseen by our firm. By viewing counterfeit goods alongside their genuine counterparts, museum visitors gain a new perspective on the extent and consequences of the counterfeiting of legitimate goods.

To learn more about our IP services and our achievements on behalf of our clients, please continue reading about our IP Registration and Enforcement, IP Commercialization, and IP Litigation practices.

Name Position Office Contact

Alan Adcock

Partner Bangkok

alan.a@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5871

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Partner Bangkok

darani.v@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5888

Nandana Indananda

Partner Bangkok

nandana.i@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5879

Srila Thongklang

Partner Bangkok

srila.t@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5529

Thomas J. Treutler

Partner Hanoi

thomas.t@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5633

Jeffrey J. Blatt

Of Counsel Bangkok

jeffrey.b@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5644

Ampolphan Sriduangchan

Associate Bangkok

ampolphan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5746

Anh Mai Duong

Associate Hanoi

maianh.d@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5578

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Associate Bangkok

areeya.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5882

Daroonwan Siripornanan

Associate Bangkok

daroonwan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5751

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May 17, 2012

Spanish Newspaper Examines Counterfeit Goods Market in Thailand

Clemence Gautier

After the annual Special 301 Report was published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative this year, denouncing the worst offenders of international intellectual property rights,...

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May 10, 2012

Seminar on Trademark Protection: ASEAN and Beyond

Somboon Earterasarun, Rungroj Kobkitwattanakul

As the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration in 2015 draws nearer, brand owners need to ensure that their trademark registration and enforcement strategies will position them for success on a...

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May 9, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins and NIA to Hold Seminar on Intellectual Property Licensing and Commercialization

Siraprapha Rungpry, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

On May 25, Tilleke & Gibbins and the National Innovation Agency will hold a seminar on “IP Licensing and Commercialization.” The first presentation, “Utilizing IP Licenses to Develop...

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April 30, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins to Host USPTO Seminar on Art, Artists, and Copyright

Nandana Indananda

On May 9, 2012, the USPTO Regional Intellectual Property Attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok will hold a seminar on copyright issues for artists at the Bangkok office of Tilleke & Gibbins...

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April 27, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins World IP Day Events Draw Media Coverage

Thomas J. Treutler, Nga Thi Phi Nguyen, Loc Xuan Le

The World IP Day events held this week in Hanoi and...

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May 18, 2012

Patent Search Options for Technology Firms

Benjapol Kongsombut, Titikaan Ungbhakorn

Protection of intellectual property (IP) in the form of trademarks, copyrights and patents is on the rise, as greater awareness of IP laws in Thailand has led to increasing numbers of business...

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May 17, 2012

Patentability of “New Use” Patents in Thailand

Srila Thongklang, Suebsiri Taweepon

Among international IP practitioners, there has long been a controversial issue regarding whether the new use of a known product can satisfy the novelty requirement to be patentable. So-called “...

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May 16, 2012

Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Trademark License Registration Requirements

Nandana Indananda, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Similar to the trademark licensing practice in several countries, a trademark license agreement in Thailand must be registered with the Registrar at the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)....

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May 15, 2012

Administrative Measures to Resolve Domain Name Disputes in Vietnam

Loc Xuan Le, Linh Duy Mai

In late 2008, intellectual property owners were encouraged when Vietnam issued long-awaited regulations providing guidance on how to resolve disputes about “.vn” domain names. This optimism soon...

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May 11, 2012

Authorities Launch Enforcement Actions Against Counterfeits

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong, Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

Reinvigorated intellectual property enforcement efforts by Thai authorities in 2012, in the aftermath of the flood crisis last year, have already reaped great success and led to the possible...

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