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

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

Thomas J. Treutler

Partner Hanoi

thomas.t@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5633

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

Date Title
February 1, 2007

Fake Goods in Thailand

This article provides an introduction to the problem of counterfeit products in Thailand and the social impact of these goods. The Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods and Edward...

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February 2, 2007

Interview with Edward Kelly, Edward Madden, and Tiziana Sucharitkul

Tiziana Sucharitkul

This interview of Edward Kelly, Edward Madden, and Tiziana Sucharitkul covers a broad range of topics dealing with the overall intellectual property situation in Thailand, the impact of expected...

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February 14, 2007

‘Paranoia’ Curtailing Needed Legal Reform

This article in the Bangkok Post is based on an interview with Edward Madden of the Bangkok office of Tilleke & Gibbins. The interview focuses on the need for reform of Thailand’s...

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February 16, 2007

Thai Drug Move Stirs Patent Debate

This article discusses the Thai government’s issuance of compulsory licenses on several patented drugs. The article features comments from Edward Kelly, a partner at Tilleke & Gibbins.

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March 27, 2007

Protecting Intellectual Property: A Wise Move in Protecting Brand Asset

This article—written in English and published alongside a Thai translation—is aimed at Thai owners of intellectual property. In an interview, Edward Kelly of Tilleke & Gibbins provides...

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February 20, 2012

Implications of the AEC in the IP Field

Thomas J. Treutler, Siraprapha Rungpry

While it is expected that the AEC harmonization will significantly boost the region’s economy and attract greater foreign investment, the harmonization will also undoubtedly present a host of...

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February 21, 2012

European Union Integration and IP: Lessons for the AEC

James Evans

As AEC integration moves closer, the EU and ASEAN are becoming increasingly similar. What follows are some of the key points regarding integration and IP as experienced in the EU, and the lessons...

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February 21, 2012

Intellectual Property in ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand FTA

Having entered into force on January 1, 2010, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) aims to liberalize and facilitate trade in...

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February 22, 2012

IP Holding Vehicles: Singapore vs. Hong Kong

Alan Adcock

With intellectual property playing an ever-increasing role in economic development, the need to harness, promote, and protect ASEAN innovation has become more urgent as integration progresses....

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March 14, 2012

Towards Greater Harmonisation – The View from Southeast Asia

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

The 10 nation members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have committed to implement an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. As of January 1, 2010, with the full...

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