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Hassana Chira-aphakul

Position:  Attorney-at-Law

Department: Intellectual Property

Nationality:  Thai

Languages:  Thai and English

 

Academic Qualifications:
  • 1996, B.Sc. in Business Information Technology, University of Portsmouth, England
  • 1981, LL.B., Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Professional Qualifications:

  • 2003, received lawyer's license

Other Training & Seminars:

  • "Negotiation Skills for IP Transactions", IP Academy, Singapore, March 13-14, 2008.
  • "Internet Intelligence Course on How to Use the Internet as as Effective Investigative Research Tool", organized by the Commercial Crime Services, ICC Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau, Cambridge University, England, March 25-28, 2007.
  • Certificate, "Techniques for Patent and Petty-Patent Registration (First Course)", organized by the Department of Intellectual Property, Bangkok, March 14, 2006
  • "Hacking Web Applications and Web Servers", organized by ACIS Professional Center Co., Bangkok, February 14-16, 2005

Employment:

  • October 2003-present, Attorney, Intellectual Property Division, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
  • November 2000-September 2003, Legal Consultant, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
  • April 1997-October 2000, Computer Support, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand

Description of Major Areas of Work Handled:

  • Enforcement of intellectual property rights

Membership in Professional Organizations:

  • Lawyers Council of Thailand (formerly The Law Society of Thailand)
  • Thai Bar Association
  • Intellectual Property and Innovation Association (IPA)
  • Thammasat University Law Association

Publications/Presentations:

  • "How to Identify Genuine and Counterfeit Goods”, speaker for Panasonic Corporation at training for DSI officers and Customs officers, Bangkok, March 3-4, 2010, and Laemchabang Customs officers, Chonburi Province, March 5, 2010.
  • "How to Identify Genuine and Counterfeit Goods”, speaker for The Timberland Company at training for DSI officers and Customs officers, Bangkok, March 3-4, 2010.
  • "Copyright in Computer Programs", speaker at training held by the Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA), Bangkok, February 2, 2010.
  • "IP Enforcement Spans Several Government Agencies", Corporate Counsellor Column, Bangkok Post, Business Section, November 20, 2009.
  • "Registration of Bottle Shapes in Thailand", Asia IP, June 2009.
  • "Associated Trademarks and Confusing Similarity", Thailand: IP Bulletin (Monthly Report of the IP Department to the Korea Trade Center), October 2008.
  • "Product I.D. Training for Timberland", presentation at the Project SIL EU Training Session organized by the Thai-Italian Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok, September 13, 2007.
  • "Enforcement of Software Copyright", presentation at the Roundtable on Issues Facing the Creative Industries in Thailand in Honor of World Intellectual Property Day: Encouraging Creativity" organized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Embassy Commercial Section, Bangkok, April 26, 2007.
  • (With Edward J. Kelly, Manoon Changchumni, Sukontip Jitmongkolthong and Wiramrudee Mokkhavesa), "Enhancing the Skills of IPR Violation Suppression Officers", presentation at a training seminar for police officers at the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Bangkok, February 15, 2007.
  • (With Edward A. Madden), "Holding retail landlords responsible for piracy", Corporate Counsellor, Bangkok Post Business, October 13, 2006.
  • Contributed to Edward J. Kelly's article, "Thailand Acts against Criminal Abuses of E-Commerce", Thai-American Business, a bi-monthly publication of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, July-August 2006.
  • "Product Identification", presentation at a training seminar for Customs Department officers, Bangkok, July 26-27, 2006.
  • (With Sukontip Jitmongkolthong), "Product Identification", presentation at a training seminar for Customs Department officers, Bangkok, May 23-25, 2006.
  • "Shipments Destined for Thailand Face Scrutiny", Thailand: IP Developments (Tilleke & Gibbins' client newsletter), May 2005.
  • Featured panelist and speaker, "Trafficking in Counterfeit Labels and Packaging", Joint ASEAN-United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) - United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) Asia Pacific Workshop: Effective Practices in Combating Trade in Counterfeit Hard Goods, Bangkok, April 4-8, 2005.
  • (With Vipa Chuenjaipanich, Woranuch Periera, Sukontip Jitmongkolthong, Nuttaphol Arammuang and Edward A. Madden), Katzarov's Manual on Industrial Property - Update 2005, December 2004.
  • (With Liza S. Leung), "Website Raids", Thailand: IP Developments (Tilleke & Gibbins' client newsletter), October 2004.
  • (With Edward J. Kelly), "Online Fake Goods Sales Hit by Enforcement Action", Asialaw, March 2004, Volume I, Issue 9.
  • "Rules for registering new domains", Corporate Counsellor, Bangkok Post Business News, February 20, 2004.
  • (With Liza S. Leung), "Successes in Disputed Domain Name Registration in Vietnam", Thailand: IP Developments (T&G Newsletter), January 2004.
  • (With Isabella Ho), "THULE: Enforcement in Thailand", presentation at the THULE Asia Pacific Conference, Bangkok, September 25, 2003.
  • (With Edward J. Kelly), Domain Name Registration in Thailand", to be published in Asian IP Magazine, Thailand Country File.
  • "Penal Code Amendment Targets e-Fraud", Asialaw, July/August 2003, Volume 1, Issue 3.
  • (With Edward J. Kelly), "An Examination of the Draft Thai Data Protection Bill", Thailand: IP Developments (T&G Newsletter), March 2003. Thailand Country File, Asian IP Magazine, June & July 2003.
  • (With Edward J. Kelly), "Taking on the Copyright Pirates in Thailand", Thailand: IP Developments (T&G Newsletter), May 2002. Also published in World E-Commerce & IP Report, May 2002; World Intellectual Property Report, June 2002; and IP Asia, June/July 2002.  Also posted on Mondaq.com, June 19, 2002
  • (With Pascale Prud'homme), "E-Commerce in Thailand:  A Slow Awakening", Thailand: Legal Developments (Tilleke & Gibbins Newsletter), August 2001. Also published in Thailand Corporate Finance Alert, Volume 2 No. 10, October 2001, and Thailand Corporate Alert, Volume 13 No. 10, October 2001.

Interviews:

  • Interviewed by Noomlookthoong for article "Museum of Counterfeit Goods: Know the Truth" on ASTV Manager Online, May 26, 2009.
  • Interviewed by Bangkok Post for article "Ferrari says company is breaking copyright", Spectrum, November 30, 2008.
  • Interviewed by Bangkok Post for article "Fake merchandise and the Internet", March 15, 2004.

Practice Areas:  Intellectual Property; Cyber Crime; Media, Entertainment and Sports

E-mail:

Telephone: +66 2653 5881

Facsimile:  +66 2653 5678

(March 2010)     

 

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