Patents Firm of the Year
January 31, 2021
True to its guiding principle – Passion for Service, Service with Integrity, Hechanova & Co., Inc., a team of Intellectual Property managers, experienced lawyers, licensed
Hechanova & Co., Inc. specializes in patents and trademarks prosecution and maintenance, search services, review of license agreements and other IP related-documents, renewals, intellectual property recordals, customs recordation, food and drug product registration, plant variety protection, copyright registration, domain name registration, and intellectual property consulting.
We are a group of like-minded and innovative lawyers with over 15 years of experience in our own fields of specialization, who came together on January 10, 2006 and formed Hechanova Bugay & Vilchez, Lawyers. We believe that lawyering is not just a profession but a way of life where opportunities to practice our core values of leadership, innovation, relationship, and integrity are boundless.
NEWS AND EVENTS
True to its guiding principle – Passion for Service, Service with Integrity, Hechanova & Co., Inc., a team of Intellectual Property managers, experienced lawyers, licensed
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Trademark Association (INTA) to fight counterfeiting by
True to its guiding principle – Passion for Service, Service with Integrity, Hechanova & Co., Inc., a team of Intellectual Property managers, experienced lawyers, licensed
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Trademark Association (INTA) to fight counterfeiting by
The Hechanova Group – Hechanova & Co. and Hechanova Bugay Vilchez & Andaya-Racadio – is based in Manila, where the former firm focuses on prosecution matters and the latter on litigation work.
Our Mission – making it easier for creative entities to meet human needs.
Our Vision – To combine technical, emotional and legal intelligence and experiences and actively participate in national growth.
The group advises on matters related to trademarks, patents, copyright, domain names, utility models, designs, litigation, licensing and franchising. The patents department of Hechanova & Co. is led by its president, Editha R. Hechanova, and its director, Brenda P. Rivera, and is supported by senior manager Chrissie Ann L. Barredo, and a team of patent specialists and paralegals who specialize in chemical and non-chemical technologies. In 2019, the firm was the Philippines’ No. 1 patent filer with 806 patent applications filed. In the past 12 months, the firm has filed applications for such companies as Alibaba Group Holdings, Incyte, and Angel Playing Cards, just to name a few.
“While companies catering to consumer products may be reducing their filings, those in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications and mobile technology fields are expected to increase in their filings, as we are currently experiencing,” Editha Hechanova said. “In the last four months, despite the lockdown, we have continued to file responses to formality and substantive examination reports and to attend to office actions in relation to patent applications under our firm’s care. We were able to do so with our staff working at home, and at the office, and with the IPOPHL allowing online filings.”.
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As the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines invites public comments on a proposal to streamline the adjudication of intellectual property violation cases
Editha R Hechanova of Hechanova Group explains the main points to note for parties entering mediation to resolve an intellectual property dispute in the Philippines.
Editha Hechanova of Hechanova Group reports on the decision on a petition brought by the former stars of the long-running Philippine show ‘Eat Bulaga!’ concerning ownership of the associated mark.
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