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

Ruchiya Chuenchomrat

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

ruchiya.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5757

Ketsarin Buaroy

Associate Bangkok

ketsarin.b@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5756

Pittaya Rattanatraivirat

Associate Bangkok

pittaya.r@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5752

Daroonwan Siripornanan

Associate Bangkok

daroonwan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5751

Benjapol Kongsombut

Patent Specialist Bangkok

benjapol.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5750

Prateep Naboriboon

Associate Bangkok

prateep.n@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5749

Titikaan Ungbhakorn

Associate Bangkok

titikaan.u@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5747

Ampolphan Sriduangchan

Associate Bangkok

ampolphan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5746

Kanjana Pumichatpong

Associate Bangkok

kanjana.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5745

Somboon Earterasarun

Associate Bangkok

somboon.e@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5744

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November 4, 2011

Eight Tilleke & Gibbins Attorneys Honored by Legal 500

Piyanuj (Lui) Ratprasatporn, Tiziana Sucharitkul, Thawat Damsa-ard, Chinachart Vatanasuchart, Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock, Jeffrey J. Blatt, Sriwan Puapondh

In the 2011 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, eight Tilleke & Gibbins attorneys were recognized as leading practitioners in their areas of practice in Thailand. This included:...

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November 9, 2011

Asialaw Profiles Ranks IP Team in Tier 1

Alan Adcock, Nandana Indananda

The Tilleke & Gibbins Intellectual Property team in Thailand has been awarded a Tier 1 ranking by Asialaw Profiles in its 2012 edition. The publication recognized that the firm’s IP...

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November 14, 2011

Asia IP Names Tilleke & Gibbins Firm of the Year for Patents and Trademarks

Asia IP, a leading magazine covering intellectual property issues in Asia, held its second annual Asia IP Awards ceremony on November 11, 2011. At the event, Tilleke & Gibbins was...

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November 17, 2011

Whitening Cosmetics: Counterfeit Products on the Rise

Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn

The November 2011 issue of Business Report Thailand included a feature on the rapid growth of whitening cosmetics in Thailand, especially over the last five years. As these products have...

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November 23, 2011

New Measures to Counter IP Infringement

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Tilleke & Gibbins is introducing a new in-house investigation unit, a consumer hotline on counterfeit goods, and a coalition-based approach to dealing with landlords, as detailed below.

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September 13, 2007

Application Enters [COMFORT ZONE] Following Opposition

Nuttaphol Arammuang

Recently, Thai inventors have become increasingly interested in filing new patent applications both in Thailand and overseas. These inventors face an important question: What is the easiest, most...

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September 17, 2007

New Legislation to Deter Abuses of E-Commerce

Thailand has enacted legislation to confront the emerging challenges of the internet and e-commerce. This article summarizes the present state of Thai copyright, cyber-squatting, and criminal law...

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October 9, 2007

Political Uncertainty Affects IP Owners

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

A new government has introduced changes that may have implications for foreign investors. This article assesses the situation.

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October 19, 2007

Examining ‘Fair Use’ of Photocopies

Somboon Earterasarun

A widespread misunderstanding exists regarding the protection of copyrighted work, even among legal practitioners. Questions as to the extent of protection, what comprises an infringing act, and...

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October 19, 2007

Doing Business in Vietnam

John King, Thomas J. Treutler

On the heels of its 2006 entry into the WTO, Vietnam’s economy continues to show high growth and is generally considered the second fastest growing economy in Asia behind China. This article...

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