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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May 2, 2013

People’s Daily Interviews Somboon Earterasarun on Intellectual Property

Somboon Earterasarun

Tilleke & Gibbins senior consultant Somboon Earterasarun was interviewed by a journalist from the Chinese newspaper People’s Daily, as part of its coverage of World IP Day. In the...

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April 25, 2013

Roundtable Discussion on Criminal Regulations for IP in Vietnam

Loc Xuan Le, Linh Duy Mai

A roundtable discussion recently brought together key thought leaders to discuss the many difficulties in implementing current regulations on criminal action for intellectual property–related...

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April 23, 2013

Seminar on How Investors Can Take Advantage of IP in Cambodia and Laos

Somboon Earterasarun

Somboon Earterasarun, a senior consultant in the Tilleke & Gibbins intellectual property group, will participate in a seminar organized by the Thai Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) on...

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April 22, 2013

World Trademark Review: Trademark Law in Myanmar Predicted to Pass This Year

Darani Vachanavuttivong

In a recent post on its blog, World Trademark Review reveals that the new trademark law in Myanmar is expected to pass sometime in 2013. Seher Hussain, a journalist with WTR,...

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April 18, 2013

Tilleke & Gibbins Named Top Intellectual Property Firm in Thailand by MIP

Tilleke & Gibbins has won the Thailand IP Firm of the Year award at Managing Intellectual Property’s 9th Global Awards ceremony, held at the Dorchester Hotel in London on the evening...

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June 29, 2012

Patent Maps Provide a Key Tool for Strategic Decisions

Approximately half of all patented inventions are never commercially exploited. This can be attributed to the several difficulties faced by companies that rely heavily on research and innovation,...

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June 22, 2012

Software Protection in Thailand

James Evans, Suebsiri Taweepon, Hassana Chira-aphakul

Medien & Recht Publishing has published the first edition of Software Protection: A Comparative Perspective, which gives insight into the field of ICT law in 24 different...

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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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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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