Roane Lopez heads the patents practice, and Virna Caringal-Divino leads the trademark offering at Ortega Bacorro Odulio Calma & Carbonell. The team skilfully handles the full range of IP protection work. The group is adept at advising on franchising and licensing matters, and frequently works with foreign companies and institutions across the pharmaceutical, sport and entertainment sectors. In addition, the department is recommended for its work on cases involving copyright litigation in the publishing and music industries.
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Key clients
- Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
- Takeda
- Lincoln Electric
- The Harris Group
- Samsung
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Isuzu Motors Philippines, Inc.
- SHELL INTERNATIONAL BV
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Del Monte Philippines, Inc.
- Corteva Agriscience LLC
- Evonik Operations GmbH
- Amgen Research Munich GmbH
- General Mills, Inc. Patent Law Group
- Merz Therapeutics GmbH
- Hanesbrands Inc.
- Chevron Global Downstream LLC
- Schneider Electric Industries Sas
- Avaya Inc.
Work highlights
- Advising a German pharmaceutical company on actions to be taken against infringers of existing patents. The work included out-of-court negotiations with competitor pharmaceutical companies to forestall litigation while, at the same time, being ready to initiate the full range of legal remedies available to the client should negotiations be unsuccessful.
- Registers and maintains the trademark portfolio of Harvard. The firm also provides and implements an anti-counterfeiting program of action against unauthorised use of the names and trademarks used by Harvard.
- Litigating multiple patent infringement cases on behalf of a Japanese pharmaceutical company against pharmaceutical companies that launched generic versions of its client's patented medicines.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Roane Lopez, Virna Caringal-Divino