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 Position Officesort icon Contact

Annika Svanberg

Consultant Ho Chi Minh City

annika.s@tilleke.com

+84 8 3936 2057

Dung Thi Kim Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

kimdung.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5554

Hien Thi Thu Vu

Associate Hanoi

thuhien.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5606

Thomas J. Treutler

Partner Hanoi

thomas.t@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5633

Nhung Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

nhung.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5589

Thang Duc Nguyen

Associate Hanoi

thang.n@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5573

Tuyen Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

hongtuyen.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5585

Thanh Phuong Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

phuongthanh.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5571

Loc Xuan Le

Associate Hanoi

loc.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5536

Linh Duy Mai

Associate Hanoi

duylinh.m@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5537

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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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May 3, 2011

Vietnam Trademark Practice Ranked Band 1 by WTR 1000

Thomas J. Treutler

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

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September 13, 2010

Search Warrants in IP Criminal Actions

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura, Inthupim Chokwaranun, Nandana Indananda, Nuttaphol Arammuang, Srila Thongklang, Suebsiri Taweepon, Yuwadee Thean-ngarm

On September 8, 2010, the Intellectual Property and International Trade Court (IP&IT Court) held a meeting to discuss and gather comments and recommendations on the procedure for issuing...

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May 17, 2011

Bangkok Post Features Museum of Counterfeit Goods

Parichart Monaiyakul

Parichart Monaiyakul, an attorney-at-law in the firm's intellectual property group, is featured in an interview in the May 17, 2011, edition of the Bangkok Post. The article, "Spot the...

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May 6, 2011

Dr. Jakkrit Kuanpoth Examines Overlapping IP Issues

At the monthly IP talk seminar organized by the Intellectual Property Association of Thailand, Dr. Jakkrit Kuanpoth of the Tilleke & Gibbins IP group gave a presentation on “Overlapping IP:...

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April 25, 2006

Yesteryear – Bangkok in 1956: What Was It Like When AMCHAM Thailand Was Founded?

David Lyman

In this text of a presentation the 50th anniversary of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, David Lyman reflects on the changes he has observed in Thailand in the 50 years since AMCHAM’s...

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January 29, 2007

E-Commerce Abuses and Online Infringements in Thailand

Thailand has a rapidly growing economy and Internet penetration is on the rise, although the country still needs legislation to confront the emerging challenges of the Internet and e-commerce. The...

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February 27, 2007

Securitization Moves Up the Agenda

Siraprapha Rungpry

The closing earlier this year of two major U.S. securitization transactions involving sizable trademark royalty components may finally provide the impetus for the lagging IP securitization market...

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March 23, 2007

Are IP Rights Really Statutory Monopolies?

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Two confusing economic theories mingled with commercial-economic perspectives often make the average businesspersons scratch their heads and frown. On the one hand, the policy of a free market...

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March 26, 2007

Actions by the Thai Ministry of Public Health Raise TRIPS Concerns

On January 29, 2007, while Thai Prime Minister Sarayud Chulanont was trying to assuage concerns of foreign investors with vows to respect the rule of law, Thailand announced plans to break patents...

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