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Company address
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16th Floor, Unit A1, Bubhajit Building, No. 20 North Sathorn Road, Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
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Company details
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Company description
Dynamic and experienced, Ananda Intellectual Property is recognized as one of the top 5 Intellectual Property Law Firm in Thailand (Legal 500, Managing IP, Asia Law). In partnership with Orbis (Bangkok-Hong-Kong- China, Singapore, Philippines), our law firm has global reach with European and Asian expertise. We offer strategic and solution-oriented services to our clients, which include both domestic and international corporations in various fields such as pharmaceutical, fashion, cosmetics, automotive, software and copyright.
Relying on a team of 17 patent agents, IP attorneys and specialized consultants, we bring to our clients our expertise in European, American, Chinese, and South-East Asian intellectual property laws to serve their business goals.
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Practice areas
Ananda Intellectual Property provides: prosecution and protection of trademarks, designs, copyright and patents in Thailand and worldwide; patent drafting, patent searches, techno-watch and freedom to operate studies; intellectual property management, IP audit and due diligence, IP valuation and IP strategy services; investigation, anti-counterfeiting (customs seizures, criminal and civil litigation) and brand policing; intellectual property litigation and enforcement; advisory and transactional work including technology transfer, non-disclosure, licensing and franchise agreements.
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Practitioners
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Leading practitioners
Franck Fougere
Mr. Franck Fougere has practiced intellectual property in Thailand for over 16 years. He founded Ananda IP in 2011 with the objective of building Thailand’s best boutique IP firm. Recognized as one of Thailand’s leading IP specialists, Franck’s practice areas include trademark and patent prosecution, trademark strategy, copyright and patent litigation, anti-counterfeit strategy, and IP contracts.
In addition to servicing several high-profile, multinational corporations from Europe, China, Japan, the USA, India, UAE and Southeast Asia, Franck is also a frequent speaker on cutting-edge IP issues at professional symposiums and conferences. A recognized expert, Franck is a regular lecturer in patent, trademark, and design law for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and a teacher of WIPO’s Distance Learning program. He is an advisor to the European Union (ECAP & EU/ASEAN IPR Helpdesk), to the Swiss Government (ISIP I and ISIP II), and to the French government on IP issues. Franck has authored numerous expert studies and articles, including two IP guides for Thailand published in 2011 and 2013. Franck is also a former President of the Franco Thai Chamber of Commerce (2009-2011), and an active member of APAA Emerging IP Rights Committee. In 2013, Franck Fougere received the ILO Client Choice award for best patent practitioner in Thailand. Legal 500 and Asia Law has recognized him as a Leading Lawyer since 2004. In 2015, Franck was appointed as Foreign Trade Advisor (Conseiller du Commerce Exterieur de la France) by the French government.
Franck graduated from Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Strasbourg) in France and College of Europe (Bruges) in Belgium and trained at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. He trained at an international law firm in Brussels before moving to Thailand in 2002. Franck is fluent in French, German, and English, and intermediate in Russian and Thai.
Contact Franck:
Email: fougere@ananda-ip.com
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