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 Positionsort icon Office Contact

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

Thidawan Sirikul

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

thidawan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5734

Tuyen Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

hongtuyen.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5585

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

Chongdee Netthanomsak

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

chongdee.n@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5736

Atthachai Homhuan

Regulatory Consultant Bangkok

atthachai.h@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5610

Aungkana Kiatkamolkul

Patent Specialist Bangkok

aungkana.k@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5759

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January 25, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Seminar on February 28: Profiting from Your IP

Alan Adcock

Intellectual property (IP) represents a large and growing component of both enterprise investment and overall value. Companies that understand the true value of their intangible assets have a...

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August 18, 2011

Tilleke & Gibbins Receives World Customs Organization Award

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Tilleke & Gibbins was recently honored as the only private company in Thailand to receive an award from the World Customs Organization (WCO) for its strong commitment to, and cooperation with...

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March 1, 2011

Tilleke & Gibbins Receives Tier 1 Rankings in Trademarks

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On March 1, 2011, Managing Intellectual Property announced the results of the largest survey of the world's leading trademark firms in prosecution and litigation, in Africa, the Middle...

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February 1, 2011

Tilleke & Gibbins Receives Tier 1 Rankings in Patents

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On February 1, 2011, Managing Iintellectual Property announced the results of its biggest survey to date, which ranks leading law firms in intellectual property in 80 jurisdictions. In...

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April 30, 2010

Tilleke & Gibbins Receives Tier 1 Rankings in IP in Vietnam

Thomas J. Treutler

On April 30, 2010, Chambers & Partners recognized Tilleke & Gibbins’ expertise in intellectual property with a Tier 1 ranking in Vietnam in ...

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March 6, 2009

Destruction Ceremony Organized by DIP, Customs Department, ECD, and DSI

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong

This article describes a destruction ceremony held on December 17, 2008. As part of the ceremony, more than 1.6 million counterfeit goods were destroyed.

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July 14, 2008

Destruction Ceremonies in Thailand

Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

As part of the ongoing suppression of products that infringe intellectual prop­erty rights, government bureaus includ­ing ECOTEC police bureau, Customs ware­houses, and Customs bureaus at indi­vid...

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January 26, 2010

Defendants Ordered to Stop Using Narry Name in Tailors Dispute

Nuttaphol Arammuang

Trade name protection in Thailand is provided under Section 18 of the Civil and Commercial Code. In Singh Suriyaammaritr v Narry Tailors Co Ltd (Case 4583/2552, November 24, 2009), the Supreme...

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August 31, 2010

Dealing with Shadow Companies in Thailand and Vietnam

Kittiphan Khattiwiriyaphinyo

In Hong Kong, the term “shadow company” refers to the unscrupulous use of another party’s well-known trademark in the registered name of a business, often for the purpose of conducting trade in...

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March 9, 2010

Dealing with Ambush Marketing in Thailand

Siraprapha Rungpry

Ambush marketing is one of the emerging issues wherein the boundaries of permissible unauthorized event-based advertising and promotion are being tested. In recent years, there have been numerous...

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