Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan Law Offices is an established IP firm with expertise in patents, trademarks, copyright and licensing. On the trademark side, the firm focuses on prosecution, searches, opposition and cancellation as well as enforcement and litigation. Partner Neptali L. Bulilan is well regarded. The Firm manages trade mark portfolios for a number of…
WITH THE “GLOBALIZATION” OF COMMERCE AND TRADE and the advancement and sophistication of technology, the Philippines, as member of the international community, has now come to terms not only with the need to afford protection to intellectual property rights, but also with the promotion of intellectual activity, including the effective transfer of applicable technology. read…
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…
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…
Anne Mariae Celeste V. Jumadla Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan Trademark registration is based on ownership, and only the owner of the mark is entitled to register it. This has been the view of the Philippine Supreme Court in numerous cases. In its most recent decision, the Supreme Court upheld the registration of Harvard University…