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

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

Hassana Chira-aphakul

Associate Bangkok

hassana.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5881

Hien Thi Thu Vu

Associate Hanoi

thuhien.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5606

Hiranrat Chakartnarodom

Associate Bangkok

hiranrat.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5763

Inthupim Chokwaranun

Associate Bangkok

inthupim.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5880

Yuwadee Thean-ngarm

Associate Bangkok

yuwadee.t@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5875

Kanjana Pumichatpong

Associate Bangkok

kanjana.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5745

Kasama Sriwatanakul

Associate Bangkok

kasama.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5758

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June 8, 2010

Tilleke & Gibbins Adds James Evans to IP Team

James Evans

Tilleke & Gibbins is pleased to announce the addition of James Evans as a consultant in the firm’s intellectual property group. A seven-year UK qualified lawyer, James has spent over five...

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October 1, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Adds Two to Vietnam IP Team

Annika Svanberg, Yen Thi Vu

Tilleke & Gibbins is proud to announce the additions of Ms. Annika Svanberg and Ms. Yen Thi Vu to our Intellectual Property Group, adding further strength to a team that was recently named “...

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April 10, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins and AmCham Hanoi to Hold World IP Day Seminar on April 24

Thomas J. Treutler, Loc Xuan Le

Counterfeiting is a severe danger to brands in emerging markets, damaging not only revenues but also the brand promise that underpins the profitability of most global firms. Counterfeiters have...

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September 4, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins and NIA to Hold IP Lunch Talk on Medical Devices

On September 21, 2012, Tilleke & Gibbins, together with the National Innovation Agency, will host a Thai-language seminar on “Medical Devices: Opportunities & Regulations.” The seminar...

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May 9, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins and NIA to Hold Seminar on Intellectual Property Licensing and Commercialization

Siraprapha Rungpry, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

On May 25, Tilleke & Gibbins and the National Innovation Agency will hold a seminar on “IP Licensing and Commercialization.” The first presentation, “Utilizing IP Licenses to Develop...

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June 15, 2007

Innovative Trademark Protection Strategies

Suebsiri Taweepon

Trademark law in Thailand has been designed as a tool for the protection of brands, logos, or marks used by their owners in connection with their products and services. Despite this protection,...

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August 28, 2012

3-D Printing: The Intellectual Property Challenge

Nandana Indananda

Just last month, artificial blood vessels were made on a 3-D printer at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany. One of the largest manufacturers and distributors of 3-D printers, Stratasys, has seen...

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February 26, 2010

3D Protection in Thailand

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Three-dimensional objects are included in the definition of marks in Section 4 of the Trademark Act (1991), as amended by the Trademark Act (2000), which came into force on June 30, 2000. Since...

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September 1, 2010

A Commitment to Protecting IP

Thomas J. Treutler

Since Vietnam’s entry to the WTO, member countries have grumbled about Vietnam’s seemingly toothless enforcement of IP rights. In recent years, however, Vietnam has made a strong commitment to...

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April 27, 2008

A Guide to Anti-Counterfeiting in Thailand

Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn

Intellectual property infringement has been a problem in Thailand for a number of years. Despite collaboration between the government and the private sector, counterfeiters have demonstrated an...

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