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.

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Dung Thi Kim Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

kimdung.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5554

Hang Thi Nguyen

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

hang.n@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5578

Hassana Chira-aphakul

Associate Bangkok

hassana.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5881

Hien Thi Thu Vu

Associate Hanoi

thuhien.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5606

Hiranrat Chakartnarodom

Associate Bangkok

hiranrat.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5763

Huong Thi Thu Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

huong.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 6688

Inthupim Chokwaranun

Associate Bangkok

inthupim.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5880

James Evans

Consultant Bangkok

james.e@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5886

Jeffrey J. Blatt

Of Counsel Bangkok

jeffrey.b@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5644

Jitluedee Siemanond

Patent Specialist Bangkok

jitluedee.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5739

Date Title
February 1, 2007

Fake Goods in Thailand

This article provides an introduction to the problem of counterfeit products in Thailand and the social impact of these goods. The Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods and Edward...

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February 2, 2007

Interview with Edward Kelly, Edward Madden, and Tiziana Sucharitkul

Tiziana Sucharitkul

This interview of Edward Kelly, Edward Madden, and Tiziana Sucharitkul covers a broad range of topics dealing with the overall intellectual property situation in Thailand, the impact of expected...

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February 14, 2007

‘Paranoia’ Curtailing Needed Legal Reform

This article in the Bangkok Post is based on an interview with Edward Madden of the Bangkok office of Tilleke & Gibbins. The interview focuses on the need for reform of Thailand’s...

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February 16, 2007

Thai Drug Move Stirs Patent Debate

This article discusses the Thai government’s issuance of compulsory licenses on several patented drugs. The article features comments from Edward Kelly, a partner at Tilleke & Gibbins.

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March 27, 2007

Protecting Intellectual Property: A Wise Move in Protecting Brand Asset

This article—written in English and published alongside a Thai translation—is aimed at Thai owners of intellectual property. In an interview, Edward Kelly of Tilleke & Gibbins provides...

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April 27, 2007

Restaurant Name Dispute Resolved by IP&IT Court

Srila Thongklang, Suebsiri Taweepon

The Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court (IP&IT Court) has issued a decision clarifying the ownership of a trade name following the plaintiffs’ sale of a restaurant...

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May 4, 2007

Compulsory Licences and Legal Compliance

Thailand’s recent decision to issue compulsory licences for certain drugs has been widely reported both at home and abroad. Yet, despite the extensive media coverage, few people completely...

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May 18, 2007

Law Enforcement Training Helps to Suppress Counterfeiting

Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

The Royal Thai Customs Department has a proactive policy to protect Thai consumers from illegal goods that damage both the Thai economy and the public’s confidence in consuming imported goods....

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May 24, 2007

Compulsory License Shock in Thailand

This article discusses the Thai Ministry of Public Health’s announcement of compulsory licenses on selected pharmaceutical products that remain protected by patent, as well as the lack of...

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June 4, 2007

Intellectual Property and Thailand’s Trade Competition Act

There has been much discussion recently concerning the compulsory licensing by Thailand of certain patented drugs under Article 31 of the WTO TRIPS Agreement. Thailand has granted a license to...

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