PHILIPPINES Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Katrina Doble, Danielle Francesca San Pedro, Edward King Chua and Kyle Gino Salazar 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 recent years on trade mark
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 Office of the
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. 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 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.
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.
Kyle Gino Salazar is a junior associate at Villaraza & Angangco, specialising in IP. His practice includes trade mark and patent prosecution, as well as strategic support in IP litigation, such as
infringement, opposition and enforcement actions. He has valuable experience in handling infringement and unfair competition cases before regular courts and inter partes proceedings before the Philippine Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL). Kyle also has expertise in domain name disputes, addressing issues like infringement, cybersquatting and trade mark violations arising from the improper use of domain names.
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