Another forte of VeraLaw is intellectual property. The firm’s Intellectual Property and Information Technology Division is composed of dedicated and skillful attorneys-at-law, patent and trademark specialists.

The Supervising Partner of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Division is Atty. Virgilio M. Del Rosario; and Attys. Jennifer D. Fajelagutan and Bernadette Marie Tocjayao are the division heads. Atty. Phillip John F. Yap assists in the enforcement of Intellectual Property rights, and litigation of administrative cases involving Inter Partes Cases and Intellectual Property Rights Violations.

Our full range of services are:

• Advising on the selection, use, protection and registrability of an invention, utility model, industrial design patents, trademark, tradename, service mark or creative works.
• Searching for prior conflicting marks or patents and analyzing the search results
• Searching for prior art of invention, utility model, industrial design patents.
• Prosecution of invention, utility models and industrial designs patents applications, and maintenance of its registrations, including securing extensions of term, if applicable. Preparation of specifications and claims
• Preparing PCT applications and national phase prosecution
• Prosecution of trademark applications, maintenance and renewal of its registrations
• Securing copyrights registrations
• Advising on trade secrets, preparing licensing, franchising, confidentiality, non-disclosure, distributorship, assignment and other agreements involving intellectual property rights
• Securing registrations and/or compliance certificates of trademark licensing agreements, and other technology transfer arrangements
• Securing products registrations, permits to operate, etc. with the Bureau of Food and Drug Administration (BFAD), Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority (FPA)
• Domain name registration and maintenance
• Representing clients in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
• Enforcement of the client’s intellectual property rights including but not limited to conducting and implementing seizure proceedings before the regular courts, litigating infringement, unfair competition, cancellation of business names and other actions involving intellectual property rights before the regular courts and appellate courts, IPO, quasi-judicial government agencies such as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bureau of Food and Drugs Administration (BFAD), Fertilizers and Pesticides Authority (FPA), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Videogram Regulatory Board (VRB), and other agencies.
• Research , advocacy and other services involving intellectual property rights.

Our clients operating in international markets enjoy an advantage because VeraLaw has solid experience in working for, and with intellectual property owners and practitioners all over the world, and with associates virtually everywhere, we can assist in the filing and prosecution of patent and trademark applications in most countries of the world.