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.

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Srila Thongklang

Partner Bangkok

srila.t@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5529

Wongrat Ratanaprayul

Associate Bangkok

wongrat.r@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5609

Atthachai Homhuan

Regulatory Consultant Bangkok

atthachai.h@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5610

Jeffrey J. Blatt

Of Counsel Bangkok

jeffrey.b@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5644

Salil Siriwat

Patent Specialist Bangkok

salil.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5670

Supatra Watanaworakitkul

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

supatra.w@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5733

Thidawan Sirikul

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

thidawan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5734

Sonthaya Sunkapongse

Patent Specialist Bangkok

sonthaya.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5735

Chongdee Netthanomsak

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

chongdee.n@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5736

Siriwan Phentalay

Associate Bangkok

siriwan.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5737

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February 28, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Ranked as Tier 1 Firm in Intellectual Property in Thailand

Tilleke & Gibbins has been ranked as a Tier 1 firm in the Intellectual Property category by Chambers and Partners. The ranking, listed in Chambers’ annual guide Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012...

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February 29, 2012

Vietnam IP Team Ranked in Tier 1 by Chambers

In its annual Chambers Asia-Pacific guide for 2012, Chambers and Partners ranked Tilleke & Gibbins as a Tier 1firm for Intellectual Property in Vietnam. Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012...

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March 2, 2012

Nine Tilleke & Gibbins Attorneys Recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012

Cynthia M. Pornavalai, Darani Vachanavuttivong, Thawat Damsa-ard, Sriwan Puapondh, Hassana Chira-aphakul, Alan Adcock, Michael K. Lee, Thomas J. Treutler

Nine attorneys at Tilleke & Gibbins were individually recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012 for outstanding work on behalf of their clients over the past year. The following...

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March 5, 2012

Nandana Indananda Presents on IP at Japanese Embassy

Nandana Indananda

On March 2, Nandana Indananda, a Partner with the Tilleke & Gibbins IP group, gave a presentation for Japanese embassy officials from several ASEAN countries, who had gathered at the embassy...

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March 5, 2012

Asian Legal Business: Tilleke & Gibbins Expands Intellectual Property Practice in Vietnam

Loc Xuan Le, Linh Duy Mai

Asian Legal Business has reported that the Tilleke & Gibbins team in Vietnam has been expanded through the recent hirings of Loc Xuan Le and Linh Duy Mai.

According to the...

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July 11, 2008

Compulsory Licensing Developments in Thailand

Siraprapha Rungpry

In a bid to improve public access to medicines, Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health issued compulsory licenses for a number of patented drugs without negotiating with the patent owners beforehand...

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July 14, 2008

Recordation of Well-Known Marks in Thailand

Darani Vachanavuttivong

On July 19, 2005, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) issued a regula­tion governing recordation of well-known marks, and from August 1, 2005 it started accepting applications for...

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July 14, 2008

Appearance Overrides Function in Design Patent Applications

Titikaan Ungbhakorn

This article describes a 2007 case in which the Board of Patents again rendered a decision affirming that only the shape or appear­ance of a product design shall be taken into consideration when...

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July 14, 2008

Registration of Geographical Names

Pannapa Rittinaphakorn

Trademark owners frequently choose to include a geographical name in their marks because it effectively draws public attention and is easy to remember. Under the current Thai practice, however,...

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July 14, 2008

Carabao and Red Bull Unlock Horns

Somboon Earterasarun

This article describes a multijurisdictional dispute between Carabao Tawandang Company Limited and Red Bull GmbH, both of which are large producers of energy drinks. Red Bull launched oppositions...

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