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 Officesort icon Contact

Annika Svanberg

Consultant Ho Chi Minh City

annika.s@tilleke.com

+84 8 3936 2057

Dung Thi Kim Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

kimdung.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5554

Hien Thi Thu Vu

Associate Hanoi

thuhien.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5606

Thomas J. Treutler

Partner Hanoi

thomas.t@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5633

Nhung Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

nhung.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5589

Thang Duc Nguyen

Associate Hanoi

thang.n@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5573

Tuyen Thi Hong Le

Trademark Specialist Hanoi

hongtuyen.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5585

Thanh Phuong Vu

Patent Specialist Hanoi

phuongthanh.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5571

Loc Xuan Le

Associate Hanoi

loc.l@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5536

Linh Duy Mai

Associate Hanoi

duylinh.m@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5537

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April 30, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins to Host USPTO Seminar on Art, Artists, and Copyright

Nandana Indananda

On May 9, 2012, the USPTO Regional Intellectual Property Attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok will hold a seminar on copyright issues for artists at the Bangkok office of Tilleke & Gibbins...

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May 9, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins and NIA to Hold Seminar on Intellectual Property Licensing and Commercialization

Siraprapha Rungpry, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

On May 25, Tilleke & Gibbins and the National Innovation Agency will hold a seminar on “IP Licensing and Commercialization.” The first presentation, “Utilizing IP Licenses to Develop...

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May 10, 2012

Seminar on Trademark Protection: ASEAN and Beyond

Somboon Earterasarun, Rungroj Kobkitwattanakul

As the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration in 2015 draws nearer, brand owners need to ensure that their trademark registration and enforcement strategies will position them for success on a...

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May 17, 2012

Spanish Newspaper Examines Counterfeit Goods Market in Thailand

After the annual Special 301 Report was published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative this year, denouncing the worst offenders of international intellectual property rights,...

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May 24, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Named Leading Thai Intellectual Property Firm by PLC

In PLC Which Lawyer’s 2012 rankings, Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property team in Thailand has sustained its “Leading” (Tier 1) ranking from in 2012, marking the seventh...

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December 26, 2011

Intellectual Property in Thailand: Registration, Protection, Commercialization

Written for business operators who are new to the country, Intellectual Property in Thailand: Registration, Protection, Commercialization provides a helpful introduction to IP issues...

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April 17, 2009

Recent Supreme Court Decision on the Issues of Trademark Licensing Agreements

Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Similar to the global practice, Section 68 of the Thai Trademark Act 1991 stipulates that the owners of trademarks or service marks registered in Thailand who license other parties to use their...

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July 1, 2009

Wilfulness or Negligence Required for Trademark Infringement

Kawin Kanchanapairoj

In many countries, IP infringement is considered a strict liability tort, and consequently it is not necessary to prove the infringer’s intention to commit the act. In Thailand, however, there are...

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January 27, 2012

IP in Financial Services

Alan Adcock, James Evans

Many companies are looking deep into their businesses to identify areas that could serve as value drivers, and intellectual property (IP) is one of the first things they turn to. The financial...

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February 15, 2012

Supreme Court Finds “Bull” Marks Not to Be Confusingly Similar

Parichart Monaiyakul

This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in December 2011. For further information, please visit...

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