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The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Patents 2018
The Philippine chapter of the International Comparative
Legal Guide to: Patents 2018 was contributed by SyCipLaw partners Enrique
T. Manuel and Vida M. Panganiban-Alindogan. The chapter answers key
questions on patent enforcement, patent amendment, licensing, patent term
extension, patent prosecution and opposition, border control measures, and
antitrust laws and inequitable conduct. It also gives an overview on current
patent developments in the country.
Enrique T. Manuel heads the firm's Intellectual Property Department. He counsels clients on all aspects of IP, including , specialized and strategic IP portfolio management for patents, trademarks, and copyrights, IP protection and enforcement, infringement and unfair competition, branding and trademark issues, as well as related areas involving licensing transactions, technology transfer, entertainment, publishing, music, computer, Internet, domain name and privacy issues.
Vida M. Panganiban-Alindogan’s practice area includes, among others, the management, prosecution and enforcement of intellectual property rights. She is a member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association, Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the International Trademark Association.