PHILIPPINES Law and Practice Contributed by: Katrina Doble, Danielle Francesca San Pedro, Edward King Chua and Maria Patricia Cruz, Villaraza & Angangco
Villaraza & Angangco is a full-service law firm based in Bonifacio Global City, Philippines, with proven ex - pertise in intellectual property, litigation and corpo - rate law. Co-headed by senior partner Bienvenido Somera Jr and junior partner Katrina Doble, the IP team is composed of ten lawyers and four paralegals. The firm’s IP practice includes but is not limited to trade mark and patent prosecution and registration; copyright deposit; IP commercialisation, licensing, franchising and transfer technology arrangements;
Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) registration and licensure for food, cosmetics and drugs; regula - tory advice; freedom to operate searches; trade mark opposition and cancellation; patent invalidation; an - ti-piracy programmes; IP enforcement actions; pre- litigation activities; border control measures; and do - main name registration and audit. The team handles all IP litigation in-house, and provides comprehensive and results-driven services that are responsive to cli - ents’ needs.
Authors
Katrina Doble is a partner and co-head of the intellectual property department at Villaraza & Angangco. With over 19 years of experience in IP law, she has covered the full spectrum of IP practice, focusing in
Edward King Chua is a senior associate at Villaraza & Angangco. He has a degree in Chemistry with Materials Science and Engineering, and previously worked as a patent examiner at the Intellectual Property
recent years on trade mark law, IP commercialisation and IP litigation. Due to her breadth of experience, she is heavily involved in the growth of Villaraza & Angangco’s trade mark prosecution and litigation practice, including the firm’s foray into domain name registration and auditing. She maintains the trade mark portfolios of several of the firm’s largest clients and continues to push the firm’s enforcement and litigation practice.
Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), where he gained relevant experience in prosecuting and maintaining patents. At the firm, he handles the prosecution and maintenance of trade marks, patents and industrial designs. He also handles infringement, opposition and cancellation cases before the IPOPHL and regular courts.
Maria Patricia Cruz is a senior associate at Villaraza & Angangco and has more than five years’ experience in IP. Her medical expertise as a licensed physician aids in her work involving the prosecution and
Danielle Francesca San Pedro is a partner at Villaraza & Angangco and has more than ten years’ experience in IP. Her practice focuses on trade mark prosecution and litigation, and on providing regulatory advice. She
maintenance of patents, and in patent litigation. She also handles the prosecution and maintenance of trade marks and the firm’s growing domain name work, and trade mark infringement, opposition and cancellation cases in both administrative and judicial tribunals involving matters for foreign and local key industry players.
assists in maintaining the extensive trade mark portfolios of local and foreign IP clients, and also handles multidisciplinary matters, such as: IP commercialisation, licensing and franchising; copyright and broadcast rights vis-à-vis new technologies and the internet; data privacy; domain name audit; legal implications and regulatory requirements for over-the-top (OTT) services; and e-commerce promotion and advertisement of medical devices.
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