CorporateINTL annual awards running since 2008, mark excellence for the world’s leading advisers and financiers in an array of countries and continents. CorporateINTL awarded Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan Law Offices as Patent & Trademark Prosecution Law Firm of the Year in the Philippines for Legal Awards Winner 2015.
2015 Asia IP Experts your Guide to Asia’s Leading IP Advisers. Ignacio S. Sapalo obtained his Bachelor of Science (major in engineering) in 1963 from Ateneo de Manila and his Bachelor of Laws in 1967 from the same school. He was appointed Director of the Bureau of Patents, Trademarks and Technology Transfer (BPTT) 1987-1996, during…
PATENT / PROSECUTION TIER 1 ACCRALAW Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan TIER 2 Bucoy Poblador & Associates EB Astudillo & Associates Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc and De Los Angeles Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan (SVBB) Siguion Reyna Montecillo & Ongsiako TIER 3 Cesar C Cruz & Partners Federis &…
TRADEMARK / PROSECUTION TIER 1 ACCRALAW Romulo Mabanta Buentura Suyoc and De Los Angeles Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan TIER 2 Baranda & Associates/Rouse Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose Ortega Del Castillo Bacorro Odulio Calma & Carbonell Planton Martinez Flores San Pedro & Leaño Quisumbing Torres Bengzon Negre Untalan Bucoy Poblador & Associates Carag…
As part of its continuing efforts to improve the services it makes accessible to its clients, the Intellectual Property Office the Philippines (IPOPHL) will launch the Trademark Electronic Filing System (TM e-filing) in time for the celebration of the World IP Day on April 25, 2016 Monday at 9:00 o’clock in the morning at IPOPHL…
IPOPHL Valued Partner in Grateful Appreciation for Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan Law Offices (SVBB) Contribution as a TOP PATENT FILER for the Period of 2010-2014. Award given December 15, 2014 by Ricardo R. Blancaflor, Director General of Intellectual Property Office. Contact Us: Tel.: (632) 8911316-19; Fax: (632) 8911198; Email: info@sapalovelez.com
September 30, 2015 The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) now allows the submission of sequence listings in electronic format. In Memorandum Circular No. 15-003 (Circular) dated September 8, 2015, the IPOPHL issued guidelines for the submission of the sequence listing in electronic format through CD/DVD storage media for Inventions/utility model applications. The Circular…
The Romans introduced the concept of ownership of movable or immovable property but rarely recognized the exclusive rights of authors or inventors with respect to their creations or inventions. It took the Venetians to enact in 1474 the first statute providing for patents for inventions. England enacted the landmark Statute of Monopolies in 1624 which…
Ignacio S. Sapalo and Anne Mariae Celeste V. Jumadla of Sapalo Velez Bundang and Bulilan explain the misconceptions that drug companies have fostered as a result of the Cheaper Medicines Act. Six years have passed since the enactment of the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 (Cheaper Medicines Act), or Republic Act…
Partners, Lawyers & Staff of SAPALO VELEZ BUNDANG & BULILAN LAW OFFICES during the firm’s 38th ANNIVERSARY held at the Makati Sports Club, Makati City, on August 1, 2014. SVBB celebrates 38th year anniversary The Philippines is considered a major supplier of maritime labor globally. Per POEA data for the year 2013, there were…