IP Expert

Overview

Alex Ferdinand S. Fider is the senior partner of the Intellectual Property Department of the Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices (ACCRALAW).

Fider obtained his Master of Laws (1990) from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. He received his Bachelor of Laws (1986) from the University of the Philippines. He assists foreign and local clients, including the EC-ASEAN Intellectual Property Cooperation Program (ECAP II), the Japan Export Trade Organization and the International Rice Research Institute on matters involving IP rights in the Philippines.

His academic publications include the Philippine chapter of five authoritative textbooks published by Kluwer Law International (London) as part of the Max Planck Series on Asian Intellectual Property Law and the Applied Research Center for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia, Singapore Management University. He teaches courses on intellectual property law at the University of the Philippines and the De La Salle University.

He is the president of the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines and holds key positions in several institutions such as the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) as Chairman of the APAA Academy.

In 2020, Fider was again recognized as a Top 100 lawyer in the Philippines by the Asian Law Business Journal. He is also cited as a leading Philippine IP lawyer in various publications including Asia IP, Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Asia Law Profiles and Managing IP.