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 Contactsort icon

Nawawan Intarapintuwat

Associate Bangkok

nawawan.i@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5738

Jitluedee Siemanond

Patent Specialist Bangkok

jitluedee.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5739

Wipaphat Swangphol

Associate Bangkok

wipaphat.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5740

Somboon Earterasarun

Associate Bangkok

somboon.e@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5744

Kanjana Pumichatpong

Associate Bangkok

kanjana.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5745

Ampolphan Sriduangchan

Associate Bangkok

ampolphan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5746

Titikaan Ungbhakorn

Associate Bangkok

titikaan.u@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5747

Prateep Naboriboon

Associate Bangkok

prateep.n@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5749

Benjapol Kongsombut

Patent Specialist Bangkok

benjapol.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5750

Daroonwan Siripornanan

Associate Bangkok

daroonwan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5751

Date Title
July 18, 2012

Asia IP Names Tilleke & Gibbins a Tier 1 Patent Practice in Thailand

Tilleke & Gibbins was recently named a Tier 1 patent practice, for both the patent prosecution and patent contentious categories, in Thailand in Asia IP’s annual Patent Survey. The...

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July 19, 2012

Vietnam Patent Prosecution Group Ranked in Tier 1 by Asia IP

In its annual Patent Survey, Asia IP has recognized Tilleke & Gibbins as one of the top patent prosecution teams in Vietnam.

Tilleke & Gibbins was a key firm featured in...

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July 23, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Co-Managing Partners Featured in ALB’s Women in Law Initiative

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Tiziana Sucharitkul

This month’s issue of Asian Legal Business (ALB) focuses on the Women in Law Forum (in May), discussing the barriers to career progression that women have faced in Asia. Despite the...

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July 26, 2012

Conference on Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Strategic Alliances to Feature Tilleke & Gibbins Lawyers

Alan Adcock, Charunun Sathitsuksomboon

In light of the increasing number of acquisitions and investors in the region as a result of Asia’s thriving economy, there have been significant changes in the regulatory environment, and this...

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August 21, 2012

Thai Media Quotes Darani Vachanavuttivong on Plain Packaging in Australia

Darani Vachanavuttivong

An article analyzing the impact on trade and public health of Australia’s plain packaging law was published by Manager Online on August 16, 2012. The article refers to the Australian High Court...

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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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