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Areeya Ratanayu

Position:  Consultant

Department: Intellectual Property

Nationality:  Thai

Languages:  Thai and English

 

Academic Qualifications:
  • 2004, M.L.I., University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
  • 2001, LL.M. (with honors), University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1998, LL.B., Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand

Other Professional Training:

  • Specialist Bar in IT, conducted by the Intellectual Property & International Trade Court, Bangkok, July 12-August 30, 2005
  • Patent Agent Training Course, conducted by the Thai Invention Association, Bangkok, March 7-11, 2005
  • Certificate, Lexis-Nexis Legal Research, 2004
  • Certificate, English for Lawyers Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2001

Professional Qualifications:

  • 2005, received patent attorney license

Awards:

  • CALI Award for Excellent Achievement - granted to student with the highest grade in Copyright Law class, June 2001

Employment:

  • February 2005-present, Legal Consultant, Intellectual Property Division, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
  • August 2002-July 2003, Assistant to Librarian, U.S. Government Documents Depository - Waldo Library, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
  • June 2001-August 2001, Intern, John Deere Credit Company, Legal Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • March 1998-June 1998, Intern, Marut Bunnag International Law Office, Bangkok, Thailand

Description of Major Areas of Work Handled:

  • Enforcement of intellectual property rights

Membership in Professional Associations:

  • Intellectual Property and Innovation Association (IPA)

Publications/Presentations:

  • "Issues behind the ads", Corporate Counsellor Column, Bangkok Post, August 29, 2008.
  • (With Edward J. Kelly, Nuttaphol Arammuang, Siraprapha Rungpry, Carlos Natera and Clemence Gautier). "Media, Advertising & Entertainment Law Throughout the World" (Thailand chapter), Editor-in-Chief: Andrew B. Ulmer, Frost Brown Todd LLC, published by Thomson West, March 2008.
  • (With Clemence Gautier), "Political Uncertainty Affects IP Owners", Thailand: IP Developments (T&G client newsletter), November 2007.
  • "ASEAN: Developments in Copyright Law", written for the American Bar Association's Annual Year in Review, November 1, 2007.
  • (With Clemence Gautier), "Political uncertainty affects IP owners", Managing Intellectual Property, Asia-Pacific IP Focus 2007.
  • (With Siraprapha Rungpry), "IP and Competition Law Survey" (Thailand), prepared for Lex Mundi, September 2007.
  • (With Wiramrudee Mokkhavesa), "Lessons Learned from Real Cases", presentation at the seminar, Brand Protection: A Defensive Thought for Offensive Marketing, organized by Merck, Bangkok, August 28, 2007.
  • Guest lecturer on "Copyright Law", Bangkok University, April 28, 2007.
  • (With Edward J. Kelly), "Are IP rights really statutory monopolies?", Corporate Counsellor Column, Bangkok Post, March 23, 2007. Also published in Thailand: IP Developments (T&G client newsletter), July 2007.
  • (With Manoon Changchumni, Suebsiri Taweepon, Sukontip Jitmongkolthong, and Wiramrudee Mokkhavesa), "Registering and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights", presentation at the 2007 In-House Congress, Bangkok, January 24, 2007.
  • (With Nuttaphol Arammuang), "Intellectual Property Protection and Possible Means of Law Enforcement", presentation at the Annual Seminar of Genuine Parts Distributor Club (GPDC), Bangkok, December 22, 2005.
  • (With Edward A. Madden), "Rose-Tinted Spectacles -- Catching Thailand's Eyewear Counterfeiters", Thailand: IP Developments (Tilleke & Gibbins' client newsletter), November 2005.
  • (With Suebsiri Taweepon), "Thailand's New Optical Disc Control", Asialaw IP Review, October 2005.
  • (With Suebsiri Taweepon, Edward A. Madden, John Fotiadis), Lex Mundi 2005 Country Survey on the Interaction between Intellectual Property and Competition Laws," September 2005.
  • "The Cyber Squatter in Thailand: The Thai Trademark Act and Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution", Buff. Intell. Prop. L.J. 203

Interviews:

  • Interviewed by Ms. Anna Wickstrom, Swedish freelance writer and photographer, regarding the Museum of Counterfeit Goods and IP infringement in Thailand, February 1, 2008.
  • Interviewed by Sriwipa Siripunyawit for article, "Bad Image", Bangkok Post, August 6, 2007.
  • Interviewed by Mr. Tom Mintier for the "Tonight with Tom Mintier" program, aired on UBC Channel 7 from 10.10-11.00 p.m. on August 7, 2007. The interview was about intellectual property infringement on textbooks in Thailand.
  • Interviewed by Sriwipa Siripunyawit for article, "Online but not above the law", Bangkok Post, October 23, 2006.
  • Interviewed by International Press Service concerning intellectual property matters, September 13, 2006.

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law

E-mail:

Telephone: +66 2653 5882

Facsimile:  +66 2653 5678

(August 2008)     

 

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