Lyca Balita

Intellectual Property Lawyer & IP Strategy Consultant

Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

About

Atty. Lyca Balita is a lawyer in the Philippines specializing in Intellectual Property law and ASEAN IP strategy (licensing and franchising). • IP Clients consist mostly of educational institutions, creatives/artists, esports, and social enterprises • Spoken for the World Intellectual Property Organization at the Global Forum on IP in Singapore (Intangible Assets Disclosure) and at the WIPO IP Management Clinic Regional Event in Thailand (IP Management for SMEs); USAID Opportunity 2.0 Private Sector Summit (Youth entrepreneurship); and Philippine LGBT Chamber of Commerce (LGBT Rights in the Philippines), among others. • Org works include: Legal Counsel for JCI Pateros; pioneering the PCCI Quezon City Youth Conference (2023 & 2024); member of Licensing Executives Society Philippines • Other recent ventures include Annex Esports and CBRC Dreamers Hub.

Experience

  • Director at Minca Enterprises Inc.
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Director at CEB Holdings Inc.
    Dec 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • BusinessMirror (1 yr 1 mo)
    • Podcaster
      Apr 2021 - 2022 · 10 mos

    • Columnist
      2021 - 2022 · 1 yr

  • Professor at Panpacific University North Philippines, Urdaneta City
    Oct 2020 - Apr 2021 · 7 mos

    Professor for Introduction to Cybercrime and Environmental Laws, and Obligations and Contracts

  • Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) (1 yr 7 mos)
    • Director of the Board (Quezon City)
      Sep 2017 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Secretary (Quezon City)
      Sep 2017 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos