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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Annika Svanberg

Consultant Ho Chi Minh City

annika.s@tilleke.com

+84 8 3936 2057

Huong Thi Thu Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

huong.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 6688

Thomas J. Treutler

Partner Hanoi

thomas.t@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5633

Yen Thi Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

yen.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5608

Hien Thi Thu Vu

Associate Hanoi

thuhien.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5606

Nhung Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

nhung.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5589

Tuyen Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

hongtuyen.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5585

Hang Thi Nguyen

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

hang.n@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5578

Thang Duc Nguyen

Associate Hanoi

thang.n@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5573

Thanh Phuong Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

phuongthanh.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5571

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February 28, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Ranked as Tier 1 Firm in Intellectual Property in Thailand

Tilleke & Gibbins has been ranked as a Tier 1 firm in the Intellectual Property category by Chambers and Partners. The ranking, listed in Chambers’ annual guide Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012...

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February 29, 2012

Vietnam IP Team Ranked in Tier 1 by Chambers

In its annual Chambers Asia-Pacific guide for 2012, Chambers and Partners ranked Tilleke & Gibbins as a Tier 1firm for Intellectual Property in Vietnam. Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012...

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March 2, 2012

Nine Tilleke & Gibbins Attorneys Recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012

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

Nine attorneys at Tilleke & Gibbins were individually recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012 for outstanding work on behalf of their clients over the past year. The following...

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March 5, 2012

Nandana Indananda Presents on IP at Japanese Embassy

Nandana Indananda

On March 2, Nandana Indananda, a Partner with the Tilleke & Gibbins IP group, gave a presentation for Japanese embassy officials from several ASEAN countries, who had gathered at the embassy...

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March 5, 2012

Asian Legal Business: Tilleke & Gibbins Expands Intellectual Property Practice in Vietnam

Loc Xuan Le, Linh Duy Mai

Asian Legal Business has reported that the Tilleke & Gibbins team in Vietnam has been expanded through the recent hirings of Loc Xuan Le and Linh Duy Mai.

According to the...

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December 4, 2007

SKF Declares War Against Harmful Fake Bearings

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong

This article describes the enforcement campaign being pursued by SKF in an attempt to rid the Thai market of counterfeit bearings, which pose a serious risk to consumer safety.

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December 7, 2007

Ownership in Work-Product IP: How to Avoid Pitfalls

Siraprapha Rungpry

Intellectual property rights have become increasingly valuable assets for many companies and often are critical to a company’s competitive capability. Therefore, it has become crucial for...

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January 23, 2008

Gaps in Data Exclusivity under Trade Secrets Law

Siraprapha Rungpry

In 2002, Thailand adopted the Trade Secrets Act which contains a provision intended to safeguard the confidentiality of marketing approval data submitted to the Thai Food and Drug Administration (...

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January 29, 2008

Protection of Fashion Designs in Thailand

Siraprapha Rungpry

The Thai government wants to turn Bangkok into the fashion capital of Asia by 2012, but has yet to deal with legal-protection issues. Possible sources of protection include design patent,...

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February 8, 2008

Significant Step Made Towards Accession to Madrid Protocol

Nuttaphol Arammuang

The National Legislative Assembly of Thailand has passed the interim cabinet's proposals regarding Thailand's accession to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the...

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