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TILLEKE & GIBBINS WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
	At the recent AsiaLaw IP Awards 2004 in Hong Kong, Tilleke & Gibbins was announced the winner of the "Thailand IP Firm of 2004" award, over three other finalist firms.  The award ceremony was held on November 3, 2004, at the Ritz Carlton and was attended by over 100 business leaders and senior lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region. Members of the IP Awards judging panel remarked upon T&G's excellent service and its "invaluable ability to provide accurate, fast and practical advice".
Isabella Ho is pictured above accepting the award on behalf of Tilleke & Gibbins
Learn more about Tilleke & Gibbins' Intellectual Property services from these key contacts:
Vipa Chuenjaipanich, Partner and MD, Trademark & Patent Registration Operations, Intellectual Property Division: vipa@tillekeandgibbins.com Edward J. Kelly, Partner and Director, IP Division, Enforcement, Licensing and Transactions: ekelly@tillekeandgibbins.com Isabella Ho, Deputy Director, IP Division, Enforcement: isabellaho@tillekeandgibbins.com
	T&G HIRED BY LED TO HUNT DOWN BBC'S DEBTORS, INCLUDING RAKESH SAXENA T&G & THAWAT DAMSA-ARD IN SPOTLIGHT The Legal Execution Department (LED) has hired Tilleke & Gibbins and Baker & McKenzie to hunt down the Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC's) debtors in Canada and Switzerland. Expected debt collection values are Baht 10,000 million (approx. CAN$312.5 million) in Canada and Baht 500-600 million (CAN$15.6-18.7 million) in Switzerland. LED has put Tilleke & Gibbins in charge of the former and B&M in charge of the latter.
Speaking in an interview, Khun Thawat Damsa-ard explained that Tilleke & Gibbins will cooperate with David and Company (the Canadian counterpart hired for this case by LED) to first assess the value of the damage to BBC, estimated at over Baht 10,000 million. The Canada portion of the case is estimated to require 100-200 hours of legal work by Tilleke & Gibbins. The case is expected to be finalized in 10 years. Khun Thawat added that this would be the first case where Tilleke & Gibbins will represent a state authority.
T&G MARKETING MATERIALS IN FRENCH Translated by Edouard Fremault (an intern from Belgium) and edited by Dr. Philippe Annez, Tilleke & Gibbins' corporate introduc-tion and Guide to Doing Business in Thailand are now available in French. By early October, the information (now available in print) shall be uploaded on www.tillekeandgibbins.com and will be incor-porated in the next release/version of the "wooden" CD around year-end.
LIVING IN BANGKOK 2004 Kobkit Thienpreecha and Pornchai Srisawang provided free initial legal consulting on visa/immigration/business set-up and property matters, respectively, at the Living in Bangkok 2004 held at the Bamrungrad Hospital on September 18, 2004. "Wooden" CDs were distributed to potential business allies like representatives from relocation companies (e.g., Asian Tigers/ Transpo and Translink), schools (e.g., Bangkok Patana, ISB and Ruamrudee) and Chambers of Commerce/Embassies (those related to the USA and Canada).
TREE PLANTING PARTNERSHIP
Early in the morning of Saturday, August 21, 2004, staff members of Tilleke & Gibbins and the Thoresen Group together left on a three-hour journey to Baan Gudnoi School in Tambon Gudnoi, Amphoe Sikiew, Nakornrachasima Province. The main objective of the trip was to plant trees to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Thoresen Group in Asia (a client of our firm for almost that long). The Thoresen contingent led by M.R. Chanramsirichoke, Chairman of Thoresen, and the T&G group led by T&G Chairman David Lyman (see pictures below) joined hands with the Baan Gudnoi schoolchildren and villagers to plant 101 trees in a one-rai area near the school. At the same time, we planted 100 trees dedicated to the memory of the late Mr. Kenneth Slade, Senior Partner of Hale and Dorr LLP, a member of Pacific Rim Advisory Council (PRAC), who passed away in an accident, and 37 trees in memory of the late Mr. Alan Cox, Global Head of GlaxoSmithKline's Trademark Department. This special project will be carried out during the period of August 2004 through July 2007 under the supervision of the Rajapruek Institute Foundation.
ANOTHER ITV SHOW TO FEATURE MUSEUM OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS "Song Loke 25 Nor" visited the Museum of Counterfeit Goods to shoot a footage for airing around September 2004 as part of their one-hour documentary program on ITV. Pictured right is Gumpon Tupsan, Creative Artist and Cameraman of Diamond Shine which produces the program.
ITV VARIETY SHOW
The crew of Diana Co., Ltd., a variety show producer for ITV (television channel), visited Tilleke & Gibbins' Textile Collection and Museum of Counterfeit Goods; and also interviewed Wipawee Tiyaves (textile curator) and Nuttaphol Arammuang (IPE lawyer), respectively, on the origin, contents, and related information of these two unique entities of our law firm. The ITV show is the second, after Nation TV Channel, to feature our Museum of Counterfeit Goods, and the first to feature our Textile Collection, this year.

Museum of Counterfeit Goods continues to attract

Liza Leung and Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn playfully pose for T&G's photographer while the crew of TV Asahi Japan set up their equipment. The Japanese TV crew visited on June 10, 2004 and interviewed both Liza and Titirat.

T&G Hosts Reception at IPR Enforcement Workshop

On May 18, 2004, Mr. David Lyman and the management of Tilleke & Gibbins hosted a cocktail reception at the Arnoma Hotel to welcome participants and guests of the ASEAN/USPTO IPR Enforcement Workshop. Mr. Edward Kelly, Director of IPE, opened the event and invited the event's two honored guests--Mr. Joe Yun, Economic Affairs Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, and Dr. Kajit Sukhum, Director of the Department of Intellectual Property, Thailand--to say a few words. Both the honored guests echoed the event's purpose of fostering the exchange of ideas and networking among the private and public sectors in the field of intellectual property protection, both in Thailand and overseas. The reception was attended by participants of the workshop, which was organized by the U.S. Patent and Treaty Office in collaboration with their counterparts in Japan, Australia and Thailand. In addition, there were representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, the American Chamber of Commerce, and other private and public organizations involved in the creation and protection of intellectual properties (e.g., motion pictures, music, etc.). T&G lawyers from IP, Commercial and Dispute Resolution departments also turned out to welcome the participants and attendees. Among the countries represented were Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, USA, Japan, Australia, etc. At the event, a team of judges from Indonesia expressed their enthusiasm to visit Tilleke & Gibbins' Museum of Counterfeit Goods. They made their visit on May 19, 2004.

Vipa nominated as one of world's leading TM practitioners

Congratulations to Ms. Vipa, who has been nominated to appear in the Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners 2004 as a leading practitioner by in-house counsel and professional peers following 18 months of research. During this period, over 5,000 questionnaires were sent to senior in-house counsel and partners at pre-eminent law firms, and other specialists in over 90 jurisdictions. According to Jonathan McReynolds of Managing Intellectual Property, this is the first time that anyone from T&G has been nominated to appear in the Guide, to be published in June 2004 by Euromoney Legal Media Group. The other experts in Thailand who will appear in the Guide are Anek Srisanit and Tejavanija Boonma.

Tilleke & Gibbins' Museum of Counterfeit Goods Visited by German TV Network

A TV crew from RTL, a German television network, recently visited T&G's Museum of Counterfeit Goods to film Thailand's first and only museum of its kind. The RTL reporter also interviewed T&G's IP specialist and consultant, Liza Leung (pictured left), concerning anti-piracy activities in Thailand.

TV News Program to Feature T&G Lawyer

The Nation Channel, aired via Thai TV 1, approached T&G through Mr. Thawat Damsa-ard (DRD) to launch a new business law program. After discussion with the program's host, Mr. Banjong Chewamongkolkarn, it was agreed that the three-minute program would principally revolve around legal topics that relate to stock investment and other business issues of interest to Nation Channel's audience. The intention is to provide legal knowledge of business relevance in a language that is easy to understand for the general public. Since late March 2004, Nation Channel has started building stock of episodes by filming our lawyers every Friday morning for two hours from around 10 o'clock in an interview format. Hitherto, twelve episodes have been added to the stock with a target of around 30 or more episodes in stock before the debut of the program.

Leading Lawyers

Vipa Chuenjaipanich has been identified by the 2004 AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers Survey as one of Asia's leading business lawyers in the area of Intellectual Property.

Edward Kelly has been identified by the 2004 AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers Survey as one of Asia's leading business lawyers in the area of Intellectual Property.

Anongporn Thanachaiary has been identified as a Highly Recommended Commercial Property practitioner in Thailand by the 2003/04 edition of Global Counsel 3000.