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 Office Contact

Alan Adcock

Partner Bangkok

alan.a@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5871

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Partner Bangkok

darani.v@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5888

Nandana Indananda

Partner Bangkok

nandana.i@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5879

Srila Thongklang

Partner Bangkok

srila.t@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5529

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong

Partner Bangkok

sukontip.j@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5867

Thomas J. Treutler

Partner Hanoi

thomas.t@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5633

Jeffrey J. Blatt

Of Counsel Bangkok

jeffrey.b@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5644

Ampolphan Sriduangchan

Associate Bangkok

ampolphan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5746

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Associate Bangkok

areeya.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5882

Daroonwan Siripornanan

Associate Bangkok

daroonwan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5751

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March 6, 2012

Managing IP Ranks Tilleke & Gibbins as Tier 1 Trademark Firm in Thailand

The Tilleke & Gibbins IP practice in Thailand has been ranked as a Tier 1 firm for both Trademark Prosecution and Trademark Contentious, according to the Managing IP Trademark Survey...

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March 8, 2012

Vietnam Trademark Group Recognized by Managing IP

Managing IP, a leading source of intellectual property news and analysis, has ranked Tilleke & Gibbins in Tier 1 in Vietnam for Trademark Prosecution in the magazine’s annual...

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March 14, 2012

Travel Channel to Feature Museum of Counterfeit Goods on March 17

Inthupim Chokwaranun

Click Pai Tiew Pai, a TV program produced by the Travel Channel Thailand, will feature the Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods in its...

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March 15, 2012

Darani Vachanavuttivong to Speak on Injunctive Relief at ASEAN IPA 2012 Conference

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Co-Managing Partner and Managing Director of the Tilleke & Gibbins IP group, will participate in a panel at the upcoming ASEAN Intellectual Property Association 2012...

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March 16, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Named Vietnam IP Firm of the Year by Managing Intellectual Property

Tilleke & Gibbins is proud to announce that it has been named Vietnam IP Firm of the Year by distinguished industry publication Managing Intellectual Property. The award was announced...

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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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