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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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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May 17, 2012

Patentability of “New Use” Patents in Thailand

Srila Thongklang, Suebsiri Taweepon

Among international IP practitioners, there has long been a controversial issue regarding whether the new use of a known product can satisfy the novelty requirement to be patentable. So-called “...

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May 18, 2012

Patent Search Options for Technology Firms

Benjapol Kongsombut, Titikaan Ungbhakorn

Protection of intellectual property (IP) in the form of trademarks, copyrights and patents is on the rise, as greater awareness of IP laws in Thailand has led to increasing numbers of business...

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May 28, 2012

PLC Life Sciences Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012 – Vietnam Chapter

Tu Ngoc Trinh

With the tightening of budgets and increased scrutiny by the Ministry of Health, this article delves into the practicability of Vietnam’s regulatory framework governing the life sciences industry...

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May 28, 2012

PLC Life Sciences Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012 – Thailand Chapter

Alan Adcock, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

With the tightening of budgets and increased scrutiny by the FDA, this article delves into the practicability of Thailand’s regulatory framework governing the life sciences industry. Ranging from...

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June 6, 2012

Technology Licensing in Thailand

Alan Adcock

With the 10 nations of ASEAN committing to full implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015, Thailand will likely see an increase in inbound technology transfer to the country,...

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