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

Benjapol Kongsombut

Patent Specialist Bangkok

benjapol.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5750

Thanh Phuong Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

phuongthanh.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5571

Yen Thi Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

yen.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5608

Salil Siriwat

Patent Specialist Bangkok

salil.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5670

Atthachai Homhuan

Regulatory Consultant Bangkok

atthachai.h@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5610

Nhung Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

nhung.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5589

Ruchiya Chuenchomrat

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

ruchiya.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5757

Supatra Watanaworakitkul

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

supatra.w@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5733

Thidawan Sirikul

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

thidawan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5734

Tuyen Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

hongtuyen.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5585

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November 9, 2011

Asialaw Profiles Ranks IP Team in Tier 1

Alan Adcock, Nandana Indananda

The Tilleke & Gibbins Intellectual Property team in Thailand has been awarded a Tier 1 ranking by Asialaw Profiles in its 2012 edition. The publication recognized that the firm’s IP...

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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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June 10, 2013

Asian Legal Business IP Rankings: Tilleke & Gibbins Tier 1 in Vietnam and Spotlighted in Thailand

Asian Legal Business has published its 2013 intellectual property rankings, listing Tilleke & Gibbins as a “Tier 1” firm in Vietnam for our Patent and Trademark/Copyright services and...

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July 13, 2011

Asian Legal Business Ranks Tilleke & Gibbins as a Leading IP Practice in Thailand

Tilleke & Gibbins has been ranked as a leading IP practice in the Asian Legal Business annual IP rankings. This marks the third consecutive year that the firm has been awarded this...

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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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April 16, 2009

Bangkok Report – The Songkran (Thai New Year) Skirmish of 2009

David Lyman

This open letter from David Lyman to the clients of Tilleke & Gibbins addresses the events that unfolded in April 2009, when political demonstrations—sometimes violent—took place in Bangkok...

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August 16, 2012

Bolar Provision Revisited: Thailand’s Approach in the Age of Patent Expiry

James Evans

Usually, during the life of a patent, acts of manufacturing or importation are considered an infringement of the patent owner’s rights. The “Bolar provision” exempts from infringement all uses of...

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March 22, 2012

Border Control in Vietnam

Thomas J. Treutler, Loc Xuan Le

Tilleke & Gibbins has assisted a number of clients in successfully enforcing their intellectual property rights (IPRs) at border gates by employing border control measures. This article...

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June 15, 2009

Border Measures and the Draft Customs Act

Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

Intellectual property owners receive significant benefits from the border measures that are carried out by Customs officers in Thailand. More than a million pieces of counterfeit products are...

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April 9, 2010

Burden and Standard of Proof to Obtain Preliminary Injunction and Anton Piller Order in Patent Infringement Cases

Nandana Indananda, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

In Thailand, laws relating to the enforcement of patent rights mainly involve the Patent Act of 1979, as a substantive law, and the Act for the Establishment of and Procedure for the Intellectual...

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