Hechanova Bugay & Vilchez Lawyers
GF Chemphil Bldg.
851 Antonio Arnaiz Ave.
Makati City 1223, Philippines
Tel: +632-812-6561
Fax: +632-888-4290
mail@hechanova.com.ph
www.hechanova.com.ph
Atty. Editha R Hechanova is the managing partner of the Hechanova Bugay
& Vilchez law offices which specialises in intellectual property,
corporate, and immigration law. She is also the Chief Executive Officer
of Hechanova & Co., Inc. which handles trademark and patent
prosecution, copyright and domain name registrations, trademark
valuation, searches, and other non-contentious intellectual property
matters. She graduated from the University of the East with a business
degree, majoring in Accounting, magna cum laude. She is a Certified
Public Accountant. She obtained her law degree from the Ateneo de Manila
University, and has a Certificate in Business Economics from the
University of Asia and the Pacific. She passed the Patent Agent
Qualifying Examination (PAQE), 2008 given by the Intellectual Property
Office on July 30 2008. Her experience covers both contentious and
non-contentious intellectual property matters, e.g., IP enforcement,
border control, licensing, due diligence, trademarks and patents
prosecution, copyright, patent and trademark litigation. Atty. Hechanova
is an accredited mediator at the Intellectual Property Office of the
Philippines (IPOPHL), a court annexed mediator at the Court of Appeals,
and a member of the Panel of Neutrals of the International Trademark
Association (INTA). She is also an accredited arbitrator of the IPOPHL
which launched its arbitration program in April, 2011.