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.

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Srila Thongklang

Partner Bangkok

srila.t@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5529

Wongrat Ratanaprayul

Associate Bangkok

wongrat.r@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5609

Atthachai Homhuan

Regulatory Consultant Bangkok

atthachai.h@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5610

Jeffrey J. Blatt

Of Counsel Bangkok

jeffrey.b@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5644

Salil Siriwat

Patent Specialist Bangkok

salil.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5670

Supatra Watanaworakitkul

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

supatra.w@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5733

Thidawan Sirikul

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

thidawan.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5734

Sonthaya Sunkapongse

Patent Specialist Bangkok

sonthaya.s@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5735

Chongdee Netthanomsak

Trademark Specialist Bangkok

chongdee.n@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5736

Siriwan Phentalay

Associate Bangkok

siriwan.p@tilleke.com

+66 2653 5737

Date Title
March 1, 2011

Tilleke & Gibbins Receives Tier 1 Rankings in Trademarks

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On March 1, 2011, Managing Intellectual Property announced the results of the largest survey of the world's leading trademark firms in prosecution and litigation, in Africa, the Middle...

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February 1, 2011

Tilleke & Gibbins Receives Tier 1 Rankings in Patents

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On February 1, 2011, Managing Iintellectual Property announced the results of its biggest survey to date, which ranks leading law firms in intellectual property in 80 jurisdictions. In...

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May 4, 2010

Tilleke & Gibbins Named a Leading Firm in IP

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Alan Adcock

On May 4, 2010, PLC Which Lawyer ranked Tilleke & Gibbins a Leading Firm in intellectual property. The firm was also recognized in the following fields.

August 1, 2010

Asia IP Honors Tilleke & Gibbins’ Trademark Practice in Vietnam

Dung Thi Kim Vu, Thang Duc Nguyen, Thomas J. Treutler

Asia IP recognized Tilleke & Gibbins’ Trademark area of the IP practice in Vietnam. The magazine had also recognized Nga Thi Phi Ngyuen, Thomas J. Treutler, Thang Duc Nguyen, and Dung...

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October 6, 2010

Asialaw Profiles Recognizes the Firm in IP and Property in Vietnam

Thomas J. Treutler

On October 6, 2010, Asialaw Profiles recognized the firm's IP and property practices in Vietnam...

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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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