Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office

Team Members

Mr. Iapatu Railau Sam

Senior Patents & Designs Officer

Iapatu Railau Sam is a lawyer by profession graduated with a Law Degree and a Professional Diploma in Legal Practice. Prior to his appointment at the Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office, he was the Assistant Legal Researcher and the Legal Officer for the Advocacy and Legal Advice Center (ALAC) for the Transparency International Vanuatu. He also attended trainings on Patent Law and Examination from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). He further attended Intellectual property Training at the Intellectual Property Academy of Singapore and other Intellectual property courses at the World Intellectual Property Organization Academy and the Word Trade Organization Academy.

Mr. Lorenzies Lingtamat

Lorenzies Lingtamat is the Copyright and Related Rights officer with the Vanuatu Intellectual Property office. He is a lawyer by profession who graduated at the University of the South Pacific with a Bachelor Law Degree (LLB) and a Professional Diploma in Legal Practice (PDLP). Prior to his appointment to VanIPO he was a National Human Rights Committee Assistant working within the Vanuatu Law Reform Commission and also as a Legal Assistant at the Department of Police Prosecutions. He also has a certificate from the World Intellectual Property Organisation for the General Course on Intellectual Property.