Atty. Doble who now co-heads the Firm’s Intellectual Property Department, has over eighteen (18) years of experience in IP law which covers the full spectrum of the IP practice. In recent years, she has focused on trademark law, IP commercialization and IP litigation. Due to her breadth of experience, she is heavily involved in the growth of V&A Law’s trademark prosecution practice. She maintains the trademark portfolios of several of V&A Law’s largest clients, among which is the domestic trademark portfolio of BDO Unibank, the Philippines’ largest universal bank.
Atty. Doble remains active in the Firm’s numerous IP litigation cases, putting to use her extensive experience in handling infringement and unfair competition cases before the regular courts, as well as inter partes cases before the Philippine Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL). Some of these cases have contributed to the building of Philippine jurisprudence on important issues for trademarks, specifically for well-known marks and trademark rights violations involving liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders.
She also handles issues regarding IP commercialization and licensing which includes advice on regulatory matters for pharmaceuticals and medical devices, ethical advertising requirements, enforceability of technology transfer and licensing agreements and novel queries related to emerging internet and/or software-based industries.
Atty. Doble was a pioneer member of the Unreal Campaign Committee of INTA which seeks to increase anti-counterfeit awareness among the youth. She is also one of the Board of Trustees of the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP), the leading organization of IP practitioners in the Philippines. She is also a regular attendee/participant of intellectual property conferences all over the world and has been instrumental in expanding V&A Law’s client base in China and in the USA.
Atty. Doble is a consistently ranked lawyer in leading publications like Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, World Trademark Review and Asia IP. She was awarded Young Lawyer of the Year in the 2017 Philippine Law Awards of the Asian Legal Business. Atty. Doble is one of the Top 100 Women in Litigation in Asia in the 2021 and 2022 lists of Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific.
