Practice areas

IP prosecution; IP litigation; IP enforcement; licensing; franchising

Introduction

Mila Federis is co-founder and managing partner of Federis & Associates, a boutique IP firm in the Philippines. The firm has been the top trademark filer in the Philippines in the past 12 years. Federis leads the firm’s very active litigation team, winning notable cases for Philips, Yahoo!, Bridgestone, Chanel, Philip Morris, among others.

Federis works with clients from various industries, including pharmaceuticals, hotels, electronics, telecommunications, and IT. She counsels clients in trademark portfolio management and strategy, among others. Federis has received numerous awards. She has made the list of Top 100 Lawyers in the Philippines since 2018, Who’s Who Legal Trademark and Patents since 2017, IP Stars since 2017, and World’s Leading Lawyer in 2018.

Federis is active in organisations like INTA, APAA, AIPLA, AIPPI, IPO, ECTA, MARQUES, and AIPA. She is a frequent lecturer in IP seminars in various countries and a regular contributor in INTA publications.

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