Practice areas

Data protection; e-commerce; licensing & franchising; IP; technology, media & telecommunications

Introduction

Bienvenido A Marquez III is a partner of Quisumbing Torres’ IP, data and technology practice group. He co-heads the consumer goods and retail industry group. He is the immediate past president of the Philippine Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI, 2019-2021, and is currently co-chair of the LESI Asia Pacific. He is an active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), a member of the Asia Global Advisory Council (GAC) for 2022-2023 and a member of the INTA’s Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (ACC). Marquez III was the past Chair of the East Asia & Pacific INTA ACC Sub-Committee. Marquez III has the distinction of being the only member from the Philippines of the GAC and the first recipient from the Philippines of the INTA Volunteer Service Award that he received in 2018.

Marquez III has vast experience in handling IP enforcement litigation, trademark and patent prosecution and maintenance, copyright, data privacy, information security, IT, telecommunications, e-commerce, electronic transactions, cybersecurity and cybercrime. He has been consistently ranked as a leading individual for IIP and TMT in Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Asia Pacific, Asialaw Leading Lawyers, Managing IP Stars, Asia IP, and World Trademark Review.

Marquez III has 26 years of experience focusing on trademark and patent portfolio management and in the enforcement and litigation of IP rights before courts and administrative agencies. He manages the anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting programme for major clients covering a wide range of industries. He also advises on IT, media and telecommunications matters, including data privacy, cybersecurity and cybercrime law compliance.

Marquez III has litigated and secured a number of victories for various clients in the Supreme Court of the Philippines. As a Philippine representative of the Business Software Alliance from 2008 to 2011, Marquez III actively participated in congressional meetings for the amendment of the IP Code and the bills on Cybercrime and Data Privacy. Marquez III also obtained the very first satellite permits from government regulators on behalf of a client in the satellite or telecommunications space.

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