The 2008 ALB SE Asia Law Awards is the most important date on the industry calendar. Organized annually by the Asia-Pacific's leading magazine for legal professionals, the ALB Law Awards recognises and promotes outstanding professional achievement and some of the best legal work of the year throughout SE Asia.

Nominations and the independent judging process are made well in advance of the evening and the identity of the winners remains confidential until the Awards ceremony itself, when each is announced. This prestigious awards evening includes a five-star gala dinner, free-flowing fine wines and live entertainment. SE Asia's leading investment bankers, solicitors, in house counsel, barristers, judiciary and business leaders are set to attend as winners are announced and invited on stage to collect their awards. The 2008 ALB SE Asia Law Awards is a night not to miss.

Callum Campbell, Managing Director of Who's Who Legal, would like to congratulate Atty. Valeriano R Del Rosario on being nominated by his peers as one of the world's leading practitioners in this field Shipping & Maritime Law.

Protecting IP Rights in the Philippines - Activities of the Bureau of Customs To stop the proliferation of counterfeit products in the Philippine market, most IP owners usually file an action for infringement and/or unfair competition in the regular courts or administrative agencies, while some secure and enforce a search warrant before ultimately filing a criminal case for infringement, among others. It is seldom that IP owners use the enforcement mechanism of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) either in whole or as a part of their strategy to combat counterfeit products...

Protecting IP Rights in the Philippines - The Philippines used to experience an unabated influx of counterfeit goods from neighbouring Asian sources. Cheap branded items from designer apparel to light tools and machinery proliferated in the market until the government launched its drive to combat piracy and counterfeiting in violation of the Intellectual Property Code (Republic Act No. 8293) and other related laws. Veralaw's Bernadette Marie B. Tocjayao and Jennifer D. Fajelagutan explain how the Philippines is fighting to protect IP rights...