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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February 28, 2013

Tilleke & Gibbins Participates in 2013 JPAA IP Practitioners Seminar

Nandana Indananda

The Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) will hold its 2013 IP Practitioners Seminar at the Plaza Athenee Hotel in Bangkok on March 4-5, 2013. Organized by the JPAA in cooperation with the...

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February 27, 2013

Managing IP Nominates Tilleke & Gibbins as IP Firm of the Year in Thailand and Vietnam

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock, Thomas J. Treutler

Managing Intellectual Property magazine has included Tilleke & Gibbins on the shortlists for its “IP Firm of the Year” awards in both Thailand and Vietnam. Forming part of the...

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February 21, 2013

Darani Vachanavuttivong: IP Is a Key Success Factor for SMEs

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) need to have greater awareness of intellectual property rights in order to succeed in Thailand, according to Darani Vachanavuttivong, co-managing partner and...

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February 19, 2013

Asia IP: Tilleke & Gibbins Ranked as Tier 1 Copyright Practice in Thailand

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

In its first issue for 2013, Asia IP magazine has published its inaugural survey of the top copyright firms from across the Asia Pacific region. In the Thailand rankings, Tilleke & Gibbins has...

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February 12, 2013

Tilleke & Gibbins Ranked in Tier 1 for Thailand in Managing IP Patent Survey

The Tilleke & Gibbins patent group continues to thrive at the top of the Thai market, according to Managing Intellectual Property. In the magazine’s recently released annual patent...

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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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November 5, 2012

Thailand’s Draft Tobacco Consumption Control Act: Plain Packaging and Beyond

Alan Adcock, James Evans

Australia will soon be the first nation to require all tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging. From December 1, 2012, tobacco packaging will be standardized for all...

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