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

Linh Thi Mai Nguyen

Associate Hanoi

mailinh.n@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5559

Yen Thi Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

yen.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5608

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

Alan Adcock

Partner Bangkok

alan.a@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5871

Ampolphan Sriduangchan

Associate Bangkok

ampolphan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5746

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Associate Bangkok

areeya.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5882

Aungkana Kiatkamolkul

Patent Specialist Bangkok

aungkana.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5759

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Partner Bangkok

darani.v@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5888

Daroonwan Siripornanan

Associate Bangkok

daroonwan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5751

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September 24, 2007

More Than You Bargained For

This article by Michelle Woo provides an introduction to the economic and social impact of counterfeiting, with extensive comments from Tilleke & Gibbins partner Edward Kelly.

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September 24, 2007

More Drugs Under Threat in Thailand

Thailand’s National Health Security Office is set to ask the Ministry of Public Health to launch negotiations with pharmaceutical companies to lower prices of four drugs. This article describing...

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October 16, 2007

Directors of Thai Companies Liable for Software Copyright Violation

This article warns directors of Thai companies about their potential liability if their employees violate copyright laws. Tilleke & Gibbins partner Edward Kelly warns directors to be proactive...

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March 21, 2008

Success by the Book

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Tiziana Sucharitkul

This article provides an introduction to Tilleke & Gibbins based on the firm’s winning the prestigious International Law Office Client Choice Award 2007 for Thailand.

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November 9, 2008

Will the Real Chanel Please Stand Up?

David Lyman, Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn

This article in the Bangkok Post focuses on the emergence of high-quality counterfeit products and includes comments from David Lyman, Chairman & Chief Values Officer, and Titirat...

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April 27, 2007

Restaurant Name Dispute Resolved by IP&IT Court

Srila Thongklang, Suebsiri Taweepon

The Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court (IP&IT Court) has issued a decision clarifying the ownership of a trade name following the plaintiffs’ sale of a restaurant...

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May 4, 2007

Compulsory Licences and Legal Compliance

Thailand’s recent decision to issue compulsory licences for certain drugs has been widely reported both at home and abroad. Yet, despite the extensive media coverage, few people completely...

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May 18, 2007

Law Enforcement Training Helps to Suppress Counterfeiting

Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

The Royal Thai Customs Department has a proactive policy to protect Thai consumers from illegal goods that damage both the Thai economy and the public’s confidence in consuming imported goods....

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May 24, 2007

Compulsory License Shock in Thailand

This article discusses the Thai Ministry of Public Health’s announcement of compulsory licenses on selected pharmaceutical products that remain protected by patent, as well as the lack of...

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June 4, 2007

Intellectual Property and Thailand’s Trade Competition Act

There has been much discussion recently concerning the compulsory licensing by Thailand of certain patented drugs under Article 31 of the WTO TRIPS Agreement. Thailand has granted a license to...

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