Ms Rowanie Nakan > Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia > Manila, Philippines > Lawyer Profile
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia Offices
9TH, 10TH, 11TH & 12TH FLOORS, ONE ORION
11TH AVENUE, CORNER UNIVERSITY PARKWAY
BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY 1634, METRO MANILA
Philippines
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Ms Rowanie Nakan
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
Ms. Nakan is a Partner in our Intellectual Property Department and heads our Patent practice group.
Her practice includes rendering various patent services, from patent searches, procurement, maintenance, enforcement, and commercialization. Her work also includes IP litigation. She is part of the firm’s team handling one of the controversial Philippine patent cases involving a blockbuster pharmaceutical product. She also has assisted local inventors in protecting their inventions in the Philippines and in other jurisdictions.
She has likewise coordinated with foreign counsels on trademark cases in other jurisdictions.
She is among the top passers of the 2007 Patent Agent Qualifying Examination (PAQE) administered by the Philippine Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in cooperation with the European Patent Office (EPO). Aside from attending various patent drafting seminars sponsored by the IPO, Ms. Nakan also attended the 2011 Southeast Asian Patent Drafting Course in Hong Kong organized by the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI).
She has spoken in IPO-organized lectures on patents, as well as in the 2015 AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle) World Congress in Rio de Janeiro, where she discussed regulatory and trademark issues involved in selecting a brand name in the Philippine pharmaceutical industry. She is a member of the Standing Committee on Patents of the AIPPI.
She is a consultant of the Department of Science and Technology on intellectual property valuation.
Memberships
Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP); The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI); Association of PAQE Professionals (APP); Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Member); Philippine Bar Association (Member)
Education
Ms. Nakan obtained her Bachelor of Law degree in 2006 from the University of the Philippines Diliman, College of Law with a citation as one of the Outstanding Law Interns. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Physics from the National Institute of Physics of the same university.
Lawyer Rankings
Philippines > Intellectual property
(Next Generation Partners)Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia‘s group is highly regarded for its ‘vast experience’ in IP. Its workload includes representing its international clientele on trademark registration applications; protection of trade secrets and business models; and matters involving anti-piracy and enforcement. Advising on regulatory compliance and product liability in line with the FDA regulations is another area of expertise of the team. Susan D. Villanueva
oversees the practice and is a specialist in litigation and enforcement work. Patricia Bunye is a key practitioner equipped to handle licensing, franchising and regulatory cases, Divina Gracia E. Pedron has experience in brand protection, and Rowanie Nakan leads the firm’s patent group. Bunye is considered a ‘standout name’ alongside Carlo Valerio.