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

Salil Siriwat

Patent Specialist Bangkok

salil.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5670

Sonthaya Sunkapongse

Patent Specialist Bangkok

sonthaya.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5735

Thanh Phuong Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

phuongthanh.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5571

Yen Thi Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

yen.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5608

Chongdee Netthanomsak

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

chongdee.n@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5736

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

Nhung Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

nhung.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5589

Ruchiya Chuenchomrat

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

ruchiya.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5757

Supatra Watanaworakitkul

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

supatra.w@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5733

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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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December 14, 2012

Managing Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs

Nuttaphol Arammuang, Sukontip Jitmongkolthong

On September 10, 2009, the Thai government established the National Creative Economy Policy Committee to set guidelines and translate policy into action by various government agencies. This led to...

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November 27, 2012

Supreme Court Considers Issues Surrounding Concurrent Use Registrations

Parichart Monaiyakul, Nuttaphol Arammuang

This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in September 2012. For further information, please go to...

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November 19, 2012

Copyright on the Catwalk

Srila Thongklang, Suebsiri Taweepon

Can a professional model claim for protection of copyright over her walk on the runway? In August 2012, the Thai Supreme Court rendered a final decision to resolve one of the most controversial...

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November 13, 2012

IP Enforcement Training for Government Officers in Laos and Cambodia

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong

As trade barriers continue to be reduced in ASEAN, a larger number of counterfeit products are likely to be circulated within the region. It is therefore important for companies to ensure that...

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November 7, 2012

Thai Cabinet Approves Draft Amendments to Copyright Act

Hassana Chira-aphakul

The current Copyright Act B.E. 2537 (1994) has been in force for 18 years. Given the rapid technological change in the last two decades, copyright owners and practitioners widely agree that it is...

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