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Edmund Jason Baranda

Managing Partner at Baranda & Associates, Principal and Country Manager of Philippines business

Manila

+63 2 403 1686

Biography

Edmund Jason Baranda, Managing Partner, Baranda & Associates (member of Rouse Network, Philippines)

Edmund Baranda has over 20 years of experience in intellectual property, holding attorney qualifications in the Philippines and New York, USA, as well as Philippine patent agent qualification. He possesses extensive expertise in IP enforcement and litigation, including trademark and copyright disputes, as well as patent and trademark prosecution. His clientele spans pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, consumer goods and other industries. Recognized by Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, Managing IP, IAM, World Trademark Review, and Who's Who Legal, he is consistently ranked as a top-tier IP practitioner in the Philippines.

Qualifications

  • University of the Philippines, BSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
  • University of the Philippines, LLB
  • University of Michigan Law School, LLM
  • Passed examination in drafting patent specifications administered by the Federation Internationale Des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle (FICPI)
  • Philippine Patent Agent (Chemical Field), administered by the Philippine Intellectual Property Office with the assistance of the European Patent Office

Memberships

  • Integrated Bar of the Philippines
  • New York Bar, USA

Awards

  • WTR 1000: Gold - Enforcement and Litigation (2023-2025), Silver - Enforcement and Litigation (2021-2022), Bronze - Enforcement and Litigation (2015, 2016, 2020)
  • Chambers & Partners: Notable Practitioner - Band 1 (2023-2026), Notable Practitioner (2015-2016, 2018)
  • IAM Patent 1000: Gold (2024-2026), Highly Recommended (2021), Global Leader (2020), Recommended (2016-2018)
  • Legal 500: Leading Partner (2025), Leading Individual (2021-2024), Practice Head (2020), Recommended (2015-2017)
  • MIP IP Stars: Trademark Star (2019-2026), IP Star (2014, 2024), IP Star (2014, 2015, 2024)
  • Who’s Who Legal: Recommended - Trademarks (2023-2024)
  • IAM Global Leader, 2022
  • The Philippines Top 100 Lawyers 2018, Asia Business Law Journal