IP Expert

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ATTY. NEPTALI “NEP” L. BULILAN

A co-managing partner of Sapalo Velez Bundang and Bulilan (SVBB) law offices and head of its intellectual property department, Neptali “Nep” L. Bulilan is a licensed mechanical engineer, a certified patent valuation analyst and a lawyer. He has more than 33 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, enforcement and other related matters.

Before joining SVBB, Bulilan served as former senior 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 clientele engaged in renewable energy, the 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 its research institutions and DOST-assisted individual inventors. He also serves as a legal expert of the Fairness Opinion Board (FOB) on Technology Transfer transactions. 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), the European Patent Office, the Australian patent office, the Japan Patent Office and the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) in Strasbourg, France.

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