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

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January 15, 2011

Darani Vachanavuttivong Recognized as a Leading Lawyer

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Our Darani Vachanavuttivong, Co-Managing Partner and Managing Director, Intellectual Property, is currently recognized in the following Expert Guides published by the Legal Media Group:

October 20, 2010

Tilleke & Gibbins Named Patent Firm of the Year

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On October 20, 2010, Asia IP awarded Tilleke & Gibbins the distinctions of Trademark Firm of the Year for Thailand and Patent Firm of the Year for Thailand.

Asia IP...

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February 25, 2011

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2011 Honors Seven Tilleke & Gibbins Attorneys

Cynthia M. Pornavalai, Darani Vachanavuttivong, Hassana Chira-aphakul, Michael K. Lee, Sriwan Puapondh, Thawat Damsa-ard, Thomas J. Treutler

On February 25, 2011, Chambers Asia-Pacific released its rankings for law firms and individual lawyers.  Based on thousands of interviews conducted by a team of 50+ full-time...

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February 1, 2011

PLC Which Lawyer Names the Firm’s IP Group a Leading Practice in Thailand

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

In February of 2011, PLC Which Lawyer named the firm’s IP group a leading practice in Thailand, with the firm’s regulatory affairs practice, serving clients in the life sciences, also...

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February 25, 2011

IP Practice Ranked in Band 1 in Thailand

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On February 25, 2011, Chambers Asia-Pacific ranked the firm’s Intellectual Property practice in Band 1 in Thailand. Chambers ranks law firms and individual lawyers in bands from 1-6, with...

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May 15, 2012

Administrative Measures to Resolve Domain Name Disputes in Vietnam

Loc Xuan Le, Linh Duy Mai

In late 2008, intellectual property owners were encouraged when Vietnam issued long-awaited regulations providing guidance on how to resolve disputes about “.vn” domain names. This optimism soon...

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May 16, 2012

Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Trademark License Registration Requirements

Nandana Indananda, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

Similar to the trademark licensing practice in several countries, a trademark license agreement in Thailand must be registered with the Registrar at the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)....

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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 – 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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