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

Date Title
March 1, 2011

Tilleke & Gibbins Receives Tier 1 Rankings in Trademarks

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On March 1, 2011, Managing Intellectual Property announced the results of the largest survey of the world's leading trademark firms in prosecution and litigation, in Africa, the Middle...

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February 1, 2011

Tilleke & Gibbins Receives Tier 1 Rankings in Patents

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On February 1, 2011, Managing Iintellectual Property announced the results of its biggest survey to date, which ranks leading law firms in intellectual property in 80 jurisdictions. In...

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May 4, 2010

Tilleke & Gibbins Named a Leading Firm in IP

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On May 4, 2010, PLC Which Lawyer ranked Tilleke & Gibbins a Leading Firm in intellectual property. The firm was also recognized in the following fields.

August 1, 2010

Asia IP Honors Tilleke & Gibbins’ Trademark Practice in Vietnam

Dung Thi Kim Vu, Thang Duc Nguyen, Thomas J. Treutler

Asia IP recognized Tilleke & Gibbins’ Trademark area of the IP practice in Vietnam. The magazine had also recognized Nga Thi Phi Ngyuen, Thomas J. Treutler, Thang Duc Nguyen, and Dung...

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October 6, 2010

Asialaw Profiles Recognizes the Firm in IP and Property in Vietnam

Thomas J. Treutler

On October 6, 2010, Asialaw Profiles recognized the firm's IP and property practices in Vietnam...

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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 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 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 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 28, 2012

PLC Life Sciences Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012 – Thailand Chapter

Alan Adcock, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

With the tightening of budgets and increased scrutiny by the FDA, this article delves into the practicability of Thailand’s regulatory framework governing the life sciences industry. Ranging from...

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