IP Expert

Overview

Aty. Neptali "Nep" L. Bulilan A Senior Partner of Sapalo Velez Bundang and Bulilan law offices and head of its Intellectual Property Department, Nep is a licensed mechanical engineer, a certified patent valuation analyst and a lawyer. He has more than 32 years of experience focusing on patent, trademark and copyright matters. He also handles plant variety applications, patent valuation, including Freedom To Operate search and opinion, technology transfer licensing and other related matters.

Nep is a former patent examiner and Hearing Officer of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). As head of the firm’s Intellectual Property Department, he has represented both foreign and local clienteles engaged in renewable energy, transportation industry, pharmaceuticals, agri-chemicals, building construction and heating and ventilation technology. He has also assisted the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in obtaining patents for the various technologies generated by the research institutions and from time to time invited to serve as expert member of the Fairness Opinion Board (FOB) on Technology Transfer agreements. He is one of the founders of the Philippine Association of Certified Patent Agents (PACPA); former Vice-president for Internal Affairs of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers (PSME), and a foreign member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). He has completed relevant training courses conducted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), European Patent Office, Australian Patent Office, Japanese Patent Office and the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) in Strasbourg, France.

An active Rotarian, Nep was the past president of the Rotary Club of Marikina North, and Assistant Governor of Rotary International District 3800. He was listed as IP Stars, more than five (5) times in Patents and Trademarks filing and prosecution as well as Strategy and Counseling