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 Positionsort icon Office Contact

Ketsarin Buaroy

Associate Bangkok

ketsarin.b@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5756

Kittiphan Khattiwiriyaphinyo

Associate Bangkok

kittiphan.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5884

Nawawan Intarapintuwat

Associate Bangkok

nawawan.i@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5738

Nuttaphol Arammuang

Associate Bangkok

nuttaphol.a@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5878

Pannapa Rittinaphakorn

Associate Bangkok

pannapa.r@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5863

Parichart Monaiyakul

Associate Bangkok

parichart.m@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5883

Pattama Tavichai

Associate Bangkok

pattama.t@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5887

Pittaya Rattanatraivirat

Associate Bangkok

pittaya.r@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5752

Prasipha Phatthana-Olarn

Associate Bangkok

prasipha.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5862

Prateep Naboriboon

Associate Bangkok

prateep.n@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5749

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June 25, 2012

Alan Adcock Named Leading IP Strategist by Intellectual Asset Management

Alan Adcock

IAM Strategy 300 has named Alan Adcock, partner and deputy director of the Tilleke & Gibbins intellectual property group, among the world’s leading IP strategists. Alan was recognized...

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January 10, 2013

Alan Adcock to Present on Franchising in ASEAN at Dataconsult Event on January 24

Alan Adcock

Franchising is an increasingly popular business model in Thailand, with over 400 franchisors and 10,000 franchisees currently operating in the Kingdom. Despite this popularity, there are no...

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June 13, 2013

Alan Adcock to Speak on Franchising at AMCHAM Thailand Event

Alan Adcock

Alan Adcock, partner and deputy director of the Tilleke & Gibbins intellectual property and regulatory affairs group, will be attending a joint meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce’s...

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May 22, 2013

AMCHAM Thailand Features Museum of Counterfeit Goods Among Member CSR Programs

In the most recent issue of its T-AB: Thai-American Business magazine, the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand focuses on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs of its...

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April 9, 2010

An Easy Approach to Worldwide Patent Protection

For inventors, the prospect of worldwide patent protection for your invention ought to sound very compelling. On the other hand, it may also sound complicated, time-consuming, and expensive. ...

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October 1, 2009

A Guide to Pharmaceutical Trademarks

Darani Vachanavuttivong

When creating trademarks, pharmaceutical companies often choose words that are similar to the generic names of the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) system administered by the World Health...

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December 4, 2007

A New Trend in the Importation of Counterfeit Products into the Kingdom of Thailand

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong

By examining a major seizure of counterfeit Casio and Citizen products, this article offers insight into a new method being used by infringers to attempt to circumvent customs procedures.

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March 6, 2009

A New Year Brings New Headlines in IP

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong, Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

January 2009 was full of events in the intellectual property field in Thailand due to the policies and actions supported by the newly formed government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. This...

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November 1, 2008

Accession to Paris Convention Moves PCT Closer

Having officially become the 173rd member of the Paris Convention, Thailand can expect two primary advantages: (1) Thai applicants will be able to enjoy the priority date of an application...

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September 30, 2009

Acquiring IP in Asia: Due Diligence Is Essential

Alan Adcock

Buyers in an intellectual property acquisition in Asia and the West want to know the same information about the IP they are acquiring, but the process must be conducted differently in Asia. In...

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