Obtained a favorable Supreme Court judgment on behalf of a French electrical equipment and accessories company in a civil action under the law of passing off. Our litigation strategy was to present each discrete instance of infringement to demonstrate the defendant’s bad faith by using similar packaging, product designs, trademarks, orange theme design, and motto in the trade dress of its circuit breakers. The Supreme Court ordered the defendant to cease using the products and awarded compensation to our client.
Parichart Monaiyakul
Attorney-at-Law
PRACTICE
OFFICE
LANGUAGE
Thai, English
EDUCATION
LLM, Chulalongkorn University
LLB, Thammasat University
Parichart Monaiyakul, an attorney-at-law, is an expert in intellectual property with more than a decade of experience in patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution; enforcement; strategic planning; litigation; client counseling; and transactions. Parichart helps clients in the apparel, electronic, cosmetic, and other industries to protect their well-known and valuable trademarks through negotiation, organizing and managing enforcement activities against counterfeiters, and lobbying the Thai government to develop more effective and efficient anticounterfeiting programs.
Parichart has also assisted and counseled clients in many successful IP pre-litigation matters and litigation actions to obtain and secure the clients’ intellectual property rights in Thailand.
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Attained a service mark registration for a client in the hotel business over the initial rejection of the Trademark Registrar and the Board of Trademarks in Thailand due to similarity to prior registered trademarks. Our strategy to overcome the ruling focused on the evidence of good-faith use of the mark and our client’s distinguished and high standard of service, as well as presenting a forceful argument about the unlikelihood of confusion.
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Assisted a leading manufacturer of elevators and escalators in securing its trade name in Thailand. With our strategic approach through the litigation and negotiation process, we were able to secure the return of the valuable and reputed name to the client.
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Reached an out-of-court settlement, in a cost-effective and timely manner due to our aggressive negotiation, wherein the opposing party ceased its widespread infringement of the trademark of a leading global jewelry manufacturer.
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Stopped the unauthorized use of a well-known mark belonging to a reputed client in the cosmetics industry, even though the infringer had been using our client’s mark on its signage for over 10 years with the firm belief that it had a right to do so.
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Defended a leading company in infant and child nutritional products against an allegation of trademark infringement (claims total USD 1,000,000).
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| February 2, 2012 |
Managing IP Patent Survey: Tilleke & Gibbins in Tier 1 for Thailand For the tenth consecutive year, Managing IP has ranked Tilleke & Gibbins as a Tier 1 firm in Thailand in its annual patent survey. Recognizing the firm’s ability to serve clients across the full... |
| November 14, 2011 |
Asia IP Names Tilleke & Gibbins Firm of the Year for Patents and Trademarks Asia IP, a leading magazine covering intellectual property issues in Asia, held its second annual Asia IP Awards ceremony on November 11, 2011. At the event, Tilleke & Gibbins was honored to... |
| November 4, 2011 |
Legal 500 Ranks Tilleke & Gibbins as a Tier 1 IP Practice in Thailand In its annual rankings for 2011, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific has identified Tilleke & Gibbins as a Tier 1 IP practice in Thailand. This marks the ninth year in a row that the firm’s IP practice... |
| August 23, 2011 |
Customs Department Participates in Brand Protection Training Darani Vachanavuttivong, Parichart Monaiyakul, Sukontip Jitmongkolthong, Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn, Wiramrudee (Pink) Mokkhavesa The Thai Customs Department and Tilleke & Gibbins today hosted the opening session of a four-day brand identification training seminar for customs officers being held August 23-26. The training... |
| July 13, 2011 |
Asian Legal Business Ranks Tilleke & Gibbins as a Leading IP Practice in Thailand Tilleke & Gibbins has been ranked as a leading IP practice in the Asian Legal Business annual IP rankings. This marks the third consecutive year that the firm has been awarded this status, and... |
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| January 4, 2012 |
Lex Mundi Guide to Doing Business in Thailand 2012 This guide provides a detailed overview of doing business in Thailand. Topics covered in the guide include investment, import and export regulations, exchange controls, tax, requirements for... |
| December 26, 2011 |
Intellectual Property in Thailand: Registration, Protection, Commercialization Written for business operators who are new to the country, Intellectual Property in Thailand: Registration, Protection, Commercialization provides a helpful introduction to IP issues under Thai law.... |
| December 14, 2011 |
Thailand Legal Basics, a valuable primer for foreign investors, begins with an overview of Thailand’s legal system, including its history and the events and professionals that are shaping the legal... |
| November 15, 2011 |
Trademark Law Handbook 2011: Similarity of Marks (Thailand) Parichart Monaiyakul In Arcor S.A.I.C. v. Department of Intellectual Property (Arcor), the Thai Supreme (Dika) Court affirmed the Intellectual Property and International Trade Court (IP&IT Court)’s ruling and... |
| September 22, 2011 |
Managing IP Q&A: Patents in Thailand Nuttaphol Arammuang, Parichart Monaiyakul, Ajcharee Musiko, Jitluedee Siemanond, Titikaan Ungbhakorn Patent owners who wish to seek protection in multiple countries are often faced with many questions, as each jurisdiction may have a unique set of requirements. To answer some of these questions and... |
