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

Alan Adcock

Partner Bangkok

alan.a@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5871

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Partner Bangkok

darani.v@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5888

Nandana Indananda

Partner Bangkok

nandana.i@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5879

Srila Thongklang

Partner Bangkok

srila.t@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5529

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong

Partner Bangkok

sukontip.j@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5867

Thomas J. Treutler

Partner Hanoi

thomas.t@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5633

Jeffrey J. Blatt

Of Counsel Bangkok

jeffrey.b@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5644

Ampolphan Sriduangchan

Associate Bangkok

ampolphan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5746

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Associate Bangkok

areeya.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5882

Daroonwan Siripornanan

Associate Bangkok

daroonwan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5751

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June 28, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Thailand and Vietnam Offices Featured in MIP Handbook

Darani Vachanavuttivong

In the 2012 edition of the MIP Handbook, published by Managing Intellectual Property, the Tilleke & Gibbins team in...

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July 2, 2012

Seminar on ASEAN Economic Community with Thai Timber Association

Chinachart Vatanasuchart, Suebsiri Taweepon, Somboon Earterasarun

On July 12, 2012, three Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers, Chinachart Vatanasuchart, Suebsiri Taweepon, and Somboon Earterasarun, will be speaking at a seminar on ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) issues...

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July 9, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods to Be Featured on Local Television Program

Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

A tour of the Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods, as well as an interview with Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa, an attorney-at-law in the Tilleke & Gibbins intellectual property...

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July 12, 2012

Sport Magazine TV Program Interviews Prateep Naboriboon

Prateep Naboriboon

An interview with Prateep Naboriboon, a senior consultant and patent agent in the Tilleke & Gibbins intellectual property team, will be featured on the Sport Magazine local television...

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July 16, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Strengthens Vietnam IP Team

Linh Thi Mai Nguyen

Tilleke & Gibbins is proud to announce the hiring of Ms. Linh Thi Mai Nguyen, effective July 16, 2012. Linh joins Tilleke & Gibbins as an attorney in the firm’s Trademark Practice Group in...

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November 22, 2011

IP in Financial Services

Alan Adcock

With the increase in corporate awareness of the importance and value of intellectual property (IP), many companies are looking deep into their businesses to identify areas that could serve as...

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November 24, 2011

Government Policy Update: MoC Calls a Meeting on IP

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

The new government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, delivered the Cabinet’s policy to the Parliament on August 23, 2011, including its objectives on policies concerning...

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November 28, 2011

Business Methods and Computer Programs: Patentable?

James Evans, Siraprapha Rungpry

In the last couple of years the U.S., the U.K., and Europe have been considering whether business methods and computer programs can be patentable. A patent typically protects an invention that is...

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December 13, 2011

Marks That Are Similar to INNs Cannot Be Registered

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Generic drug manufacturers in Thailand tend to use names for their products that are similar to the generic name of the drug (also known as international non-proprietary name or INN), despite the...

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December 14, 2011

Thailand Legal Basics

Thailand Legal Basics, a valuable primer for foreign investors, begins with an overview of Thailand’s legal system, including its history and the events and professionals that are shaping...

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