You are using an outdated browser and your browsing experience will not be optimal. Please update to the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Install Microsoft Edge

May 20, 2021

Darani Vachanavuttivong Named President of ASEAN IP Association

In the annual meeting of the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association (ASEAN IPA) on May 19, 2021, Darani Vachanavuttivong, co-managing partner of Tilleke & Gibbins and managing director of the firm’s IP group, was announced as the next president of the ASEAN IPA. She will lead the association for a two-year term concluding with the annual meeting in 2023.

The ASEAN IPA, which was founded in 1996 and granted official NGO status by the ASEAN Secretariat in 1998, brings together private-sector actors in the intellectual property space in the ASEAN region to promote the development and protection of intellectual property in ASEAN countries. The association organizes meetings and other events to spread awareness of intellectual property challenges and successes in the region, monitors and compiles relevant business and legal information, liaises with governmental parties and intergovernmental organizations regarding intellectual property concerns, and studies and proposes improvements to the legal and regulatory environment for intellectual property in ASEAN. The association has over 200 corporate and individual members from all 10 ASEAN member countries.

Darani is widely recognized as one of the foremost intellectual property attorneys in Asia. She has served in executive and advisory roles for a number of national, regional, and global intellectual property associations, and for the ASEAN IPA has previously served as country head for Thailand and as a council member.

For more information on the organization’s work and activities, please visit the ASEAN IPA website.

RELATED INSIGHTS​ 

May 21, 2019
Tilleke & Gibbins is proud to announce that Darani Vachanavuttivong, co-managing partner and managing director of the firm’s intellectual property practice, has been recognized in the 2019 edition of Managing Intellectual Property ’s (MIP) Top 250 Women in IP list. This esteemed annual directory of industry leaders aims to highlight female IP practitioners who have made outstanding contributions over the past year to their clients, their firm, and the IP field as a whole, and who have practiced admirable corporate social responsibility.
May 13, 2019
World Intellectual Property Review  (WIPR) has launched its inaugural WIPR Influential Women in IP  publication—an initiative that highlights women across the globe who are incubating and propelling necessary change and innovation in the practice of intellectual property. As part of this project, Tilleke & Gibbins is proud to announce that Darani Vachanavuttivong, co-managing partner and managing director of the firm’s IP practice, has been named as one of the top 80 women in IP worldwide.
April 25, 2019
On April 25, Sher Hann Chua, a consultant in Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property department, based in our Bangkok and Yangon offices, will speak at a seminar co-hosted by the Overseas Trademark Protection office of the Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation, the Shanghai Trademark Association, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in Shanghai Free Trade Zone.