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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Alan Adcock

Partner Bangkok

alan.a@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5871

Ampolphan Sriduangchan

Associate Bangkok

ampolphan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5746

Annika Svanberg

Consultant Ho Chi Minh City

annika.s@tilleke.com

+84 8 3936 2057

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Associate Bangkok

areeya.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5882

Atthachai Homhuan

Regulatory Consultant Bangkok

atthachai.h@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5610

Aungkana Kiatkamolkul

Patent Specialist Bangkok

aungkana.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5759

Benjapol Kongsombut

Patent Specialist Bangkok

benjapol.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5750

Chongdee Netthanomsak

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

chongdee.n@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5736

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Partner Bangkok

darani.v@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5888

Daroonwan Siripornanan

Associate Bangkok

daroonwan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5751

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January 15, 2011

Darani Vachanavuttivong Recognized as a Leading Lawyer

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Our Darani Vachanavuttivong, Co-Managing Partner and Managing Director, Intellectual Property, is currently recognized in the following Expert Guides published by the Legal Media Group:

October 20, 2010

Tilleke & Gibbins Named Patent Firm of the Year

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On October 20, 2010, Asia IP awarded Tilleke & Gibbins the distinctions of Trademark Firm of the Year for Thailand and Patent Firm of the Year for Thailand.

Asia IP...

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February 25, 2011

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2011 Honors Seven Tilleke & Gibbins Attorneys

Cynthia M. Pornavalai, Darani Vachanavuttivong, Hassana Chira-aphakul, Michael K. Lee, Sriwan Puapondh, Thawat Damsa-ard, Thomas J. Treutler

On February 25, 2011, Chambers Asia-Pacific released its rankings for law firms and individual lawyers.  Based on thousands of interviews conducted by a team of 50+ full-time...

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February 1, 2011

PLC Which Lawyer Names the Firm’s IP Group a Leading Practice in Thailand

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

In February of 2011, PLC Which Lawyer named the firm’s IP group a leading practice in Thailand, with the firm’s regulatory affairs practice, serving clients in the life sciences, also...

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February 25, 2011

IP Practice Ranked in Band 1 in Thailand

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On February 25, 2011, Chambers Asia-Pacific ranked the firm’s Intellectual Property practice in Band 1 in Thailand. Chambers ranks law firms and individual lawyers in bands from 1-6, with...

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March 31, 2008

New MoU Targets Counterfeit Drugs in Thailand

The prevalence of counterfeit drugs is on the rise in a large number of countries, including Thailand. To help deal with these chal­lenges, a Memorandum of Under­standing (MoU) was signed on Febru...

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March 31, 2008

Successful Non-Use Cancellation of a Well-Established Trademark

Threenuch Chatmahasuwan

The cancellation of a trademark based on non-use is relatively rare in Thailand. When the cancellation action is launched against a trademark that has previously been renewed, success is even more...

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March 31, 2008

Victory for VALENTINO on Valentine’s Day

Srila Thongklang, Suebsiri Taweepon

On February 14, 2008, Valentino S.P.A. won a court case against the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) in relation to the DIP’s refusal of Valentino’s new trademark application in Thailand...

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April 14, 2008

Anti-counterfeiting 2008 – A Global Guide, Thailand Chapter

Siraprapha Rungpry, Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn

Intellectual property infringement has been a problem in Thailand for a number of years. Despite collaboration between the government and the private sector, counterfeiters have demonstrated an...

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April 24, 2008

Application for CERASIL Dismissed on Grounds of Bad Faith

Kawin Kanchanapairoj, Nuttaphol Arammuang

In Unimin Corporation v. Department of Intellectual Property (February 19 2008), the Board of Trademarks has held that Industrial Mineral Development Co Ltd had applied for the...

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