IP Expert

Overview

Jose Eduardo T. Genilo is a partner in ACCRALAW’s Intellectual Property Department. Having started and built his career primarily in IP law practice has enabled Genilo to confidently and effectively handle a vast range of IP work for clients from IP protection, commercialization and enforcement, among others. He has rendered extensive and comprehensive work on patents from prior art searches, freedom to operate opinions, drafting of specifications and claims, prosecuting patent applications, licensing and enforcement.

It might be worth to note that apart from his law degree, he is an engineering graduate and a qualified patent agent, earning the recognition of being one of the top passers of the patent agent examination conducted by the Philippine IP Office in 2007; these have allowed him to work on patent matters with much ease and reliability. He has successfully obtained and enforced civil and criminal search warrants and represented clients with respect to applications for temporary restraining orders and infringement litigation cases. With his and ACCRA's track record in IP enforcement, many clients have entrusted their patent litigation cases some of which include biologic and other pharmaceutical patents, product patents and computer-implemented devices. Apart from obtaining registrations from the Philippine IP Office, he has also assisted clients in their licensing, franchising, and litigation concerns involving trademarks and copyrights.

For trademark and copyright litigation, he has successfully obtained convictions and judicial decisions or compromise agreements favorable to the client. He has also advised and/or represented clients in cybercrime and online commerce-related cases, preservation and investigation of electronic evidence, cases with a multi-jurisdictional aspect, affirmation of well-known status for trademarks, and legal aspects related to the video game industry. He also teaches remedial law and civil law, which gives him unique perspectives in handling the licensing and litigation concerns of clients. He also regularly lectures on various topics, locally and abroad, such as cybercrime, patent drafting, patent prosecution, freedom to operate and IP litigation. He has authored several local and international publications on IP matters, such as patent and competition laws, pharmaceutical trademarks, and patents fostering creative destruction.