Industries
Consumer Products
Technology

Practices
Intellectual Property

Location
Thailand

Languages
Thai
English

Education

LLM, University College London

LLB, University of Exeter

Chariyaphon Vachanavuttivong
+66 2056 5874

Biography

Chariyaphon Vachanavuttivong is a consultant in the intellectual property group of Tilleke & Gibbins in Bangkok, where her practice focuses on intellectual property and information technology matters. She advises both domestic and international clients across various industries on a range of trademark matters, including registration, searches, office actions, and analysis of objections. She also helps clients take full advantage of their intellectual property rights by assisting them with copyright and trademark enforcement and commercialization matters.

Chariyaphon graduated with an LLB from the University of Exeter and obtained an LLM in Intellectual Property Law from University College London. She has native proficiency in Thai and English, and wide-ranging legal knowledge of law in both civil- and common-law jurisdictions, including Thailand, the UK, the EU, and the US.


Experience
  • Assisted clients on various IP commercialization matters, such as trademark and patent licensing, IP valuation, franchising, and technology transfer agreements.
  • Represented multinational clients in enforcing intellectual property rights against copyright and trademark infringers by formulating legal strategies, drafting cease-and-desist letters, and liaising with Thai authorities to seize counterfeit goods.
  • Advised both domestic and international clients on various copyright enforcement matters in a wide range of industries.
  • Advised brand owners on filing trademark applications with trademark offices in Thailand and overseas to ensure smooth registration processes for brand owners across various industries.
  • Represented clients in maintaining and defending their trademark portfolios through oppositions, cancellations, registrations of trademarks, advice on licensing agreements, watch services and other related actions.
  • Assisted multinational brands in hosting informative training seminars for Thai authorities on the identification of counterfeit goods in Thailand.