Atty. Ignacio S. Sapalo

LL.B., B.S. (major in Engineering), Ateneo de Manila University; admitted to the practice of law in the Philippines; Director of the then Bureau of Patents, Trademark and Technology Transfer (BPTTT, 1987-1996) now Intellectual Property Office (IPO); Author of “Background Reading Material on the Intellectual Property System of the Philippines” published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1994; Professor of Intellectual Property at the Ateneo School of Law since 1991 and Jose Rizal University (JRU) since 2016; Bar Reviewer at the Ateneo School of Law since 1994; Founder and President of the Intellectual Property Foundation (IPF), President of IProbe, Inc., and Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), the Philippine Bar Association (PBA), the Association Internationale Pour La Protection De La Propriete Intellectuelle (AIPPI), the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA), and the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP).