The partners and lawyers of VeraLaw had a firm retreat in Hong Kong from August 20 to 22. The fellowship included an artery clogging Peking duck dinner and an elegant meal at the iconic “Jimmy’s Kitchen”.
Attys. Daphne Grasparil and Cherylette Lingao attended the ASEAN Confederation of Pharmaceutical Industry Associations (ACPIA) two-day conference held last August 17 and 18, 2015 at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City. The two-day conference was attended by foreign dignitaries and…
On 21 July 2015, President Benigno Aquino III signed into law the Philippine Competition Act which aims to establish measures that safeguard competitive conditions and protection to consumers. The law prohibits practices that allow entities to restrict market competition through anti-competitive agreements…
In Taiwan Kolin Corporation, Ltd. vs. Kolin Electronics Co., Inc. (G.R. No. 209843, 25 March 2015), the Supreme Court explained that mere uniformity in Classification alone does not ipso facto equate to relatedness of the goods and/or services. According to the High…
On July 1, 2015, Attys. Maria Theresa Gonzales, Daphne Grasparil, and Patrick Sarmiento attended the Canada Day Cocktail Reception at Fairmont Hotel, Makati upon the invitation of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
On May 29, 2015, Atty. Maria Theresa Gonzales lectured on the topic “The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the Philippines” at the UP Law Center Institute for the Administration of Justice as part of the Supreme Court’s Mandatory Continuing…
Manila, Philippines- Myphone, the first locally-branded mobile phones in the Philippines has won in a trademark dispute with multinational technology company Apple Inc. In a decision rendered on May 19, 2015, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) BLA ruled in favour of Solid…