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Bienvenido Somera

Senior Partner- IP Department Head · Villaraza & Angangco (V&A Law)

PhilippinesIntellectual Property, LitigationEnglish, Filipino

About

Senior Partner and head of the Intellectual Property Department at Villaraza & Angangco (V&A Law) with over 30 years of experience. He is a widely recognized IP authority in the Philippines—consistently ranked in top tiers by World Trademark Review, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and Chambers & Partners—and focuses on IP prosecution, enforcement, litigation and commercialization, with particular emphasis on patent and trademark litigation and copyright protection.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyLitigationPatentsTrademarksCopyright

Office

Expertise

Patent LitigationTrademark LitigationCopyright ProtectionIP ProsecutionIP EnforcementIP Commercialization

Education

  • College of Law, University of the Philippines (graduated 1985)
  • B.S. Business Economics, University of the Philippines (1981)

Languages

EnglishFilipino