Ms. Valerie Laura V. Marquina
Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines
Bureau of Trademarks
Ms. Valerie Laura V. Marquina is an Intellectual Property Rights Specialist IV at the Bureau of Trademarks. She has been serving as a trademark examiner since 2005, bringing with her extensive experience in trademark examination and practice. She is frequently tapped as a lecturer in various trademark-related trainings, where she shares her expertise with stakeholders and practitioners. In 2014, she attended the Madrid Fellowship Program of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, a one-year program focused on the international trademark registration system. In addition to her examination work, she leads the internal system team of the Bureau of Trademarks, contributing to the development and improvement of operational processes and systems.

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