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 Officesort icon Contact

Alan Adcock

Partner Bangkok

alan.a@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5871

Ampolphan Sriduangchan

Associate Bangkok

ampolphan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5746

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Associate Bangkok

areeya.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5882

Aungkana Kiatkamolkul

Patent Specialist Bangkok

aungkana.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5759

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Partner Bangkok

darani.v@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5888

Daroonwan Siripornanan

Associate Bangkok

daroonwan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5751

Hassana Chira-aphakul

Associate Bangkok

hassana.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5881

Hiranrat Chakartnarodom

Associate Bangkok

hiranrat.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5763

Inthupim Chokwaranun

Associate Bangkok

inthupim.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5880

James Evans

Consultant Bangkok

james.e@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5886

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April 11, 2012

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong Presents on IP Issues for the Automotive Industry

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong

Tilleke & Gibbins attorney Sukontip Jitmongkolthong recently participated in the 8th Federation of Asian Motorcycle Industries Intellectual Property Rights Symposium, organized by the Thai...

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April 12, 2012

IP Group Recognized Among Top Practices in Asia by Asian Legal Business

The Tilleke & Gibbins intellectual property team has been recognized among the top 20 IP practices in Asia by Asian Legal Business (ALB). In its recent IP survey, ALB ranked...

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April 19, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Partnering with AmCham for World IP Day Event in Ho Chi Minh City

Thomas J. Treutler, Loc Xuan Le

To commemorate World Intellectual Property Day, the American Chamber of Commerce in Ho Chi Minh City and Tilleke & Gibbins are joining forces to host a seminar on counterfeit goods and...

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April 26, 2012

Law Business Research Recognizes Three Tilleke & Gibbins Life Sciences Practitioners

Srila Thongklang, Thomas J. Treutler

Three members of the Tilleke & Gibbins team have been named to The International Who’s Who of Life Sciences Lawyers 2012. Published by Law Business Research, the official research...

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April 27, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins World IP Day Events Draw Media Coverage

Thomas J. Treutler, Loc Xuan Le

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

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December 13, 2011

Marks That Are Similar to INNs Cannot Be Registered

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Generic drug manufacturers in Thailand tend to use names for their products that are similar to the generic name of the drug (also known as international non-proprietary name or INN), despite the...

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December 16, 2011

How to Prove Damages in Trade Secret Infringement Disputes

Inthupim Chokwaranun

Calculating damages is difficult in any type of litigation, but attempting to assess the damages in cases involving trade secrets can be far more complex than in cases relating to other forms of...

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December 21, 2011

Patent Litigation: Thailand Chapter

Siraprapha Rungpry, Nuttaphol Arammuang

As patent law and litigation in Thailand continues to develop rapidly, this Q&A chapter provides an overview of the legal framework of the Thai Patent Act and its amendments, along with an...

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December 21, 2011

Patent Litigation: Vietnam Chapter

Thomas J. Treutler

Published by the European Lawyer Reference series, Patent Litigation examines the strategies for patent disputes in several key jurisdictions. The Vietnam chapter provides a valuable...

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December 23, 2011

PLC Doing Business in … Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012 – Thailand Chapter

Sriwan Puapondh, Hiranrat Chakartnarodom, David Duncan, Chaiwat Keratisuthisathorn, Michael Ramirez, Anake Rattanajitbanjong

This chapter provides an overview of the legal system and key laws for foreign companies doing business in Thailand. Presented in a question-and-answer format, the chapter examines the rules...

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