IP Expert

Overview

Neptali “Nep” L. Bulilan is a co-managing partner of Sapalo Velez Bundang and Bulilan (SVBB) law offices and head of its intellectual property department and a licensed mechanical engineer, a certified patent valuation analyst and a lawyer. He has more than 35 years of experience focusing on patent, trademark and copyright matters. He also handles plant variety applications; patent valuation, including freedom to operate searches and opinions; technology transfer licensing; enforcement; and other related matters. 

Before joining SVBB, Bulilan served as senior patent examiner and hearing officer of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). As head of the firm’s IP department, he has represented both foreign and local clienteles engaged in renewable energy, transportation, 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 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), European Patent Office, Australian Patent Office, Japanese Patent Office, Korean Patent Office and the Centre  for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) in Strasbourg, France. He likewise completed the Advanced International Certificate Course on IP Asset Management for Business Successes conducted by KIPO and WIPO. 

An active Rotarian, Bulilan is past president of the Rotary Club of Marikina North and Assistant Governor of Rotary International District 3800. He is listed as an IP Star by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) and as Asia IP Expert by Asia IP.