Intellectual Property

The Trademark Group represents clients in the fields of media and entertainment, clothing and apparel, cosmetics, food and beverage, information technology, oil, telecommunications, electronics, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, construction, manufacturing, retail, banking and financial institutions, and even educational and research institutions. Our team conducts trademark searches to ensure that trademarks to be developed and used by a client are still available for use. We then protect our clients’ interests by obtaining the broadest protection for their marks and take great care to ensure that trademarks remain effective and protected. We also remind our clients, free of charge, of the trademark maintenance requirements and file on their behalf declarations of actual use with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines. Likewise, we offer trademark watches to inform our clients when any marks that we believe to be confusingly similar to their marks are published, for purposes of opposition.

Our Patent Group has been recognized as one of the top patent practitioners in the Philippines. It is led by lawyers who have technical backgrounds in physics, chemistry, and engineering, and are registered patent agents who have passed the Patent Agent Qualifying Exam administered by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines. Our lawyers have also taken advanced patent courses overseas to develop their patent drafting skills and capabilities. Ultimately, the unique combination of our lawyers’ technical expertise and legal skills

Years of expertise allow our lawyers to efficiently navigate extensive and ever-evolving regulations in order to maximize market conditions in Telecommunications and Information and Communications Technology. Our lawyers represent clients in securing licenses, permits, and franchises before relevant government bodies. They also provide assistance in all stages of mergers and acquisitions, including negotiation, structuring, the sale and purchase of telecommunications licenses, franchises and frequencies, and documentation.

Protecting the exclusive rights of creators of original and artistic works to use and publish their creations is essential in incentivizing the creation of more works for the benefit of the greater society. Our lawyers are highly regarded for their work relating to documentation, registration, or the deposit of copyrighted work, IP audit, contract review, fixing and negotiating royalties, and enforcement actions against infringers. Our firm’s experience in dealing with creators and artists from copyright protection, commercialization, and enforcement of their copyrights provides our firm a distinct advantage as a go-to firm in copyright matters.

Our firm advises both local and foreign clients throughout the entire IP lifecycle, from its creation, to its protection and enforcement, and its commercialization, to ensure that maximum value is derived. We provide comprehensive legal and business-oriented advice to clients to promote innovation and address the complexities of all types of IP commercialization agreements, including, but not limited to, licensing and franchising agreements. Our lawyers are attuned to the business objectives of our clients, tailoring our advice and strategies to leverage their IP to maximize their value for sustainable business growth.