DR. SUTHIPHON THAVEECHAIYAGARN
Secretary-General of Election Commission

Education

- LL.B.  (Hons.)  Thammasat  University
- Barrister–at–law (Thai Bar), Recipient of the Anandhamahidol Fellowship
  (King's  Scholarship)
- LL.M. (Harvard), LL.M., S.J.D. (University of Pennsylvania) 
- WIPO Diploma in Intellectual Property Training (WIPO Academy)
- AOTS/JIII Diploma in Training Program on Industrial Property Management 
- Diploma in Mediator Program (King Prajadhipok’s Institute)

Previous Positions

- International Associate, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, 
  San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
- Legal Officer, Department of Business Economics, Ministry of Commerce
  (actively participating in multilateral trade negotiations in Geneva,
  Switzerland)
- Judge in the Intellectual Property and International Trade Section,
  the Research Division, the Supreme Court
- Judge and Secretary of the Central Intellectual Property and International
  Trade Court (1997–2000)    
- Judge of the Office of the President of Supreme Court and 
  the Spokesperson  for  the  Judiciary  of  Thailand
- Judge and Secretary of the Civil Court

Teaching Experience

- Having been a part–time lecturer and an academic adviser on international
  trade, intellectual property and business laws at both undergraduate and
  graduate levels at Thammasat University, Chulalongkorn University,
  Ramkhamhaeng University, Assumption University, Dhurakit Bundit
  University and the Institute of Legal Education, Thai Bar Association.

Puclication

- Various articles and case comments on intellectual property and
  international  trade  laws  include :                 

1. Current  Development : The  Section  301  Cigarette  Case  Against  Thailand – A  Thai  Perspective,  21  Law  and  Policy  in  International  Business,  International  Law  Journal  of  Georgetown  Law  Center  367 – 87  (1990) ;

2. GATS : Impact  on  the  Legal  Profession  and  Legal  Education : A  Thai  Perspective,  51  Bodbundit,  Journal  of  the  Thai  Bar  Association, 141 – 59  (B.E. 2538) ;

3. A  Third  World  Perspective  on  the  U.N. Convention  on  Convention  for  the  International  Sale  of  Goods,  The  Intellectual  Property  and  International  Trade  Law  Forum : Special  Issue  248 – 79  (1999) ;

4. Analysis  of  Fair  Use  Doctrine  in  Copyright  Cases,  2  Dhurakit  Bundit  Law  Journal,  116 – 29  (B.E. 2545) 

5. Case  Comments  on  parallel  importation : Judgment no.  IP  16/2542.

6. Case  Analysis  on  entrapment  of  Microsoft  computer  program,  56  Bodbundit,  Journal  of  the  Thai  Bar  Association,  205 – 9 (B.E. 2543)

7. WTO Application in Thailand : Right Direction  towards Fair Trade Liberalization, The Intellectual Property and International Trade Law Forum : Seventh Anniversary Current Issue, 301-23 (2004).