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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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

Hang Thi Nguyen

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

hang.n@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5578

Huong Thi Thu Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

huong.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 6688

Chongdee Netthanomsak

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

chongdee.n@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5736

Atthachai Homhuan

Regulatory Consultant Bangkok

atthachai.h@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5610

Aungkana Kiatkamolkul

Patent Specialist Bangkok

aungkana.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5759

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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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September 7, 2011

You2Play TV to Feature Museum of Counterfeit Goods

Inthupim Chokwaranun

You2Play TV, a travel and leisure channel produced by PMD Plus Co., Ltd., will feature the Museum of Counterfeit Goods in one of its travel programs. The show, Tiew Len Pen Paan,...

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May 3, 2011

WTR 1000 Recognizes Tilleke & Gibbins' Trademark Practice in Thailand

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

Tilleke & Gibbins has been identified as a Band 1 firm in Thailand in the inaugural edition of the World Trademark Review 1000 – The Definitive Guide to Trademark Legal Services. The...

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March 26, 2012

WTR 1000 Ranks Tilleke & Gibbins as a “Gold” Trademark Firm in Thailand

World Trademark Review has now released its annual WTR 1000 rankings for 2012, and Tilleke & Gibbins has been rated as a “Gold Band” trademark practice in Thailand, the top...

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April 22, 2013

World Trademark Review: Trademark Law in Myanmar Predicted to Pass This Year

Darani Vachanavuttivong

In a recent post on its blog, World Trademark Review reveals that the new trademark law in Myanmar is expected to pass sometime in 2013. Seher Hussain, a journalist with WTR,...

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January 8, 2013

Distribution & Marketing of Drugs – Thailand Chapter

Alan Adcock, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

The 2012 edition of Distribution & Marketing of Drugs is a reference guide, covering 20 jurisdictions, for pharmaceutical companies, legal professionals, and marketing companies. Each...

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January 15, 2010

Distinctiveness of Marks Under Current Thai Practice

Darani Vachanavuttivong

One of the common reasons Thai authorities refuse to allow marks to register is because they are descriptive of the goods or services that fall under the mark, and thus lack distinctiveness....

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November 3, 2009

Disclaimed Elements: Questions Regarding the Essence of a Trademark in Thailand

Threenuch Chatmahasuwan

A mark that is sufficiently distinctive to be registered as a trademark may consist of plain letters, numerals, descriptive words, and/or devices. According to the Thai Trademark Act, a disclaimer...

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September 30, 2008

Different Approaches in Evaluating Confusing Similarity

Parichart Monaiyakul, Srila Thongklang

When evaluating two possibly similar marks, the Registrar and the Board of Trademarks have a tendency to focus on specific elements of the marks that may be deemed similar. Usually, this means...

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March 31, 2008

Developments in Compulsory Licensing

Siraprapha Rungpry

A little more than a year ago, Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health, acting on behalf of a post-coup military-appointed admin­istration, decided to issue the first set of compulsory licenses on...

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