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Wong Vorravitwattana

Senior Associate

Biography

Wong Vorravitwattana is a senior associate in Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property group in Bangkok, where he advises and represents numerous international and domestic clients on securing, protecting, and enforcing their intellectual property rights. He has a particular focus on IP litigation and enforcement as well as all other contentious matters, including trademark and trade name infringement, passing off, copyright infringement, patent infringement, and licensing agreements.

Prior to joining Tilleke & Gibbins, Wong worked at other leading law firms in Thailand, handling a number of high-profile IP cases before the Intellectual Property and International Trade Court. In addition to IP disputes, his experience extends to a diverse spectrum of complex litigation and arbitration matters, including employment, international trade, maritime, real estate, construction, business reorganization, bankruptcy, financial transactions, defamation, investigations in connection with Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Act, arbitral award enforcement, directors’ liability, shareholder disputes, and cross-border disputes.

Wong holds an LLM from Durham University and an LLB from Thammasat University. He is a qualified lawyer in Thailand and a member of the Lawyers Council of Thailand and the Thai Bar Association.

Experience

  • Represented a large transactional bank in its successful defense against a trade finance software provider in relation to a civil copyright infringement claim of more than THB 200 million in connection with breaches of a software license and a maintenance agreement.
  • Represented a world-leading international digital company in initiating several lawsuits against local companies for trade name and trademark infringement and obtained favorable settlements and court decisions relating to registration of name change, registration of new domain name, cessation of infringement, and monetary damages.
  • Acted for a well-known Thai music star and all members of a reputable band to defend against former band members’ claims in connection with trade name and trademark infringement.
  • Represented a Japan-based company operating franchised restaurant businesses against its local partner, claiming damages of more than THB 150 million with regard to breach of a franchise agreement and joint venture agreement as well as unfair trade practices.
  • Acted for a leading airline operator in its business rehabilitation to secure its business with a total amount of claims involved in the rehabilitation exceeding THB 25 billion.
ABOUT Wong

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Languages

    Thai

    English

Education

    LLM, Durham University

    LLB, Thammasat University

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