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 Positionsort icon Office Contact

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

Hassana Chira-aphakul

Associate Bangkok

hassana.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5881

Hien Thi Thu Vu

Associate Hanoi

thuhien.v@tilleke.com

+84 4 3772 5606

Hiranrat Chakartnarodom

Associate Bangkok

hiranrat.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5763

Inthupim Chokwaranun

Associate Bangkok

inthupim.c@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5880

Yuwadee Thean-ngarm

Associate Bangkok

yuwadee.t@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5875

Kanjana Pumichatpong

Associate Bangkok

kanjana.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5745

Kasama Sriwatanakul

Associate Bangkok

kasama.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5758

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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:

March 21, 2013

Darani Vachanavuttivong to Present on Intellectual Property in Myanmar

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Due to the country’s ongoing reforms, multinational corporations in a wide variety of industries are now focusing not on whether to invest in Myanmar, but rather when to do so. To set the...

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May 25, 2012

Darani Vachanavuttivong to Present on Intellectual Property Issues for Investors in Myanmar

Darani Vachanavuttivong

On June 21, 2012, at the Pathuwan Princess Hotel, Bangkok, Darani Vachanavuttivong, co-managing partner at Tilleke & Gibbins, will be speaking about relevant intellectual property issues at a...

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January 26, 2012

Darani Vachanavuttivong to Speak at Product Liability Conference

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Co-Managing Partner and Managing Director of the Tilleke & Gibbins IP group, will be speaking at the “Product Liability Law & Strategy” conference in Bangkok on...

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March 15, 2012

Darani Vachanavuttivong to Speak on Injunctive Relief at ASEAN IPA 2012 Conference

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Co-Managing Partner and Managing Director of the Tilleke & Gibbins IP group, will participate in a panel at the upcoming ASEAN Intellectual Property Association 2012...

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July 3, 2012

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Pharmaceutical Advertising 2012 – Vietnam Chapter

Tu Ngoc Trinh

This article appeared in the 2012 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Pharmaceutical Advertising; published by...

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December 3, 2010

The Legal Problem of ‘Trade Dress’ Under the Trademark Act

Inthupim Chokwaranun

Thai courts have yet to determine whether “trade dress,” or the look and feel of a product’s packaging or presentation, should be legally protected under the Thai Trademark Act of 1991. In fact,...

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November 5, 2010

The Need for an Alternative to the Patent Act

Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa

The rapid proliferation of mobile phones across the Kingdom demonstrates the vital importance of technology in the lives of Thai people—from metropolitan Bangkok to the rural provinces. With...

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February 19, 2013

The Proposed Europe-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: IP and Pharmaceuticals

James Evans

In the next few months, the European Union (EU) is seeking to open free trade agreement (FTA) talks with Thailand. Thailand exports more goods to Europe than any other region or country in the...

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June 5, 2007

The Question of Standing to Bring an Action Before Thailand’s Administrative Court

Siraprapha Rungpry

This article examines the ability of industry associations to seek legal remedies standing from the Administrative Court in relation to the lawfulness of an exercise of administrative authority by...

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