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

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

Kanjana Pumichatpong

Associate Bangkok

kanjana.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5745

Kasama Sriwatanakul

Associate Bangkok

kasama.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5758

Kawin Kanchanapairoj

Associate Bangkok

kawin.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5868

Ketsarin Buaroy

Associate Bangkok

ketsarin.b@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5756

Kittiphan Khattiwiriyaphinyo

Associate Bangkok

kittiphan.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5884

Linh Duy Mai

Associate Hanoi

duylinh.m@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5537

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May 22, 2013

AMCHAM Thailand Features Museum of Counterfeit Goods Among Member CSR Programs

In the most recent issue of its T-AB: Thai-American Business magazine, the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand focuses on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs of its...

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May 17, 2013

INTERPOL Conference on Brand Protection and Anticounterfeiting

Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn

A recent INTERPOL conference in Bangkok provided an important opportunity for representatives from many industries—including entertainment, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, electronics...

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May 14, 2013

Nandana Indananda Joins Faculty of WIPO Thailand Summer School on Intellectual Property

Nandana Indananda

Nandana Indananda, a partner in Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property (IP) group and a former judge of the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, has been invited by...

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May 10, 2013

Seminar for Thai Designers on Protection of IP Rights

Nuttaphol Arammuang

In light of regional integration and the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community, Thai designers are attracting greater international attention for their work. To help them take advantage of these...

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May 9, 2013

Suebsiri Taweepon to Speak at Personal Care Summit on Counterfeit Products and Threats to the Market

Suebsiri Taweepon

This Personal Care Summit conference will provide attendees with a complete and contemporary overview of the current personal care market, including cosmetics, skincare, and haircare. The...

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May 13, 2013

Supreme Court Judgments Offer Insight into Concurrent-Use Trademark Registration

Srila Thongklang, Nandana Indananda, Parichart Monaiyakul, Nuttaphol Arammuang

Disputes about the registrability of similar marks are on the rise in Thailand. When a brand owner’s attempts at trademark registration are thwarted by a prior-registered similar mark, one option...

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May 7, 2013

PLC Life Sciences Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2013 – Thailand Chapter

Alan Adcock, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

In recent years, the Thai FDA has made large-scale efforts to tighten its budget and escalate its standards of scrutiny. In response to these changes, this article provides insight into the...

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May 7, 2013

PLC Life Sciences Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2013 – Vietnam Chapter

Tu Ngoc Trinh

This Q&A chapter analyzes legal issues pertaining to Vietnam’s regulatory framework in the life sciences industry. Ranging from the quality of national healthcare, manufacturing authorization...

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April 30, 2013

Anticounterfeiting 2013 – A Global Guide: Southeast Asia Focus on Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong, Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn, Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

With a total population of approximately 600 million, the combined economy of the 10 nations comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ranks as the ninth largest in the world....

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April 19, 2013

Health and Safety and IP Must Go Hand in Hand

James Evans

No one in their right mind would buy counterfeit medicines, chemicals, or car parts, yet there is a dark trade in these dangerous items in Asia—and it is on the increase. A recent case in March,...

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