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

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April 30, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins to Host USPTO Seminar on Art, Artists, and Copyright

Nandana Indananda

On May 9, 2012, the USPTO Regional Intellectual Property Attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok will hold a seminar on copyright issues for artists at the Bangkok office of Tilleke & Gibbins...

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May 9, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins and NIA to Hold Seminar on Intellectual Property Licensing and Commercialization

Siraprapha Rungpry, Areeya Pornwiriyangkura

On May 25, Tilleke & Gibbins and the National Innovation Agency will hold a seminar on “IP Licensing and Commercialization.” The first presentation, “Utilizing IP Licenses to Develop...

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May 10, 2012

Seminar on Trademark Protection: ASEAN and Beyond

Somboon Earterasarun, Rungroj Kobkitwattanakul

As the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration in 2015 draws nearer, brand owners need to ensure that their trademark registration and enforcement strategies will position them for success on a...

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May 17, 2012

Spanish Newspaper Examines Counterfeit Goods Market in Thailand

After the annual Special 301 Report was published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative this year, denouncing the worst offenders of international intellectual property rights,...

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May 24, 2012

Tilleke & Gibbins Named Leading Thai Intellectual Property Firm by PLC

In PLC Which Lawyer’s 2012 rankings, Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property team in Thailand has sustained its “Leading” (Tier 1) ranking from in 2012, marking the seventh...

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March 31, 2008

New MoU Targets Counterfeit Drugs in Thailand

The prevalence of counterfeit drugs is on the rise in a large number of countries, including Thailand. To help deal with these chal­lenges, a Memorandum of Under­standing (MoU) was signed on Febru...

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March 31, 2008

Successful Non-Use Cancellation of a Well-Established Trademark

Threenuch Chatmahasuwan

The cancellation of a trademark based on non-use is relatively rare in Thailand. When the cancellation action is launched against a trademark that has previously been renewed, success is even more...

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March 31, 2008

Victory for VALENTINO on Valentine’s Day

Srila Thongklang, Suebsiri Taweepon

On February 14, 2008, Valentino S.P.A. won a court case against the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) in relation to the DIP’s refusal of Valentino’s new trademark application in Thailand...

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April 14, 2008

Anti-counterfeiting 2008 – A Global Guide, Thailand Chapter

Siraprapha Rungpry, Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn

Intellectual property infringement has been a problem in Thailand for a number of years. Despite collaboration between the government and the private sector, counterfeiters have demonstrated an...

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April 24, 2008

Application for CERASIL Dismissed on Grounds of Bad Faith

Kawin Kanchanapairoj, Nuttaphol Arammuang

In Unimin Corporation v. Department of Intellectual Property (February 19 2008), the Board of Trademarks has held that Industrial Mineral Development Co Ltd had applied for the...

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