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
September 24, 2007

More Than You Bargained For

This article by Michelle Woo provides an introduction to the economic and social impact of counterfeiting, with extensive comments from Tilleke & Gibbins partner Edward Kelly.

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September 24, 2007

More Drugs Under Threat in Thailand

Thailand’s National Health Security Office is set to ask the Ministry of Public Health to launch negotiations with pharmaceutical companies to lower prices of four drugs. This article describing...

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October 16, 2007

Directors of Thai Companies Liable for Software Copyright Violation

This article warns directors of Thai companies about their potential liability if their employees violate copyright laws. Tilleke & Gibbins partner Edward Kelly warns directors to be proactive...

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March 21, 2008

Success by the Book

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Tiziana Sucharitkul

This article provides an introduction to Tilleke & Gibbins based on the firm’s winning the prestigious International Law Office Client Choice Award 2007 for Thailand.

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November 9, 2008

Will the Real Chanel Please Stand Up?

David Lyman, Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn

This article in the Bangkok Post focuses on the emergence of high-quality counterfeit products and includes comments from David Lyman, Chairman & Chief Values Officer, and Titirat...

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July 6, 2012

Thai Supreme Court Clarifies When Mark Is Suggestive, Rather Than Descriptive

Parichart Monaiyakul

This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in May 2012. For further information, please go to...

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August 16, 2012

Bolar Provision Revisited: Thailand’s Approach in the Age of Patent Expiry

James Evans

Usually, during the life of a patent, acts of manufacturing or importation are considered an infringement of the patent owner’s rights. The “Bolar provision” exempts from infringement all uses of...

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August 20, 2012

Thailand’s Accession to the Madrid System: Possible in 2014

Darani Vachanavuttivong

After a seven-year wait, it seems that Thailand’s accession to the Madrid System will indeed be possible by 2014. The responsible committees have made great progress on the proposed amendments to...

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August 22, 2012

Using the Computer Crimes Act to Combat Online Piracy

Nuttaphol Arammuang, Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

The increase in online shopping has proven lucrative for legitimate retailers. But traders selling counterfeit and pirated products have also taken advantage by selling a wide range of counterfeit...

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August 24, 2012

Using Copyrighted Materials from the Internet

Suebsiri Taweepon

You are preparing a slide presentation for a speech or an internal company meeting and want to use some photos you found on a Google Images search in your slides. Is it necessary to ask permission...

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