ACPIA conference

August 17, 2015

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…

REPUBLIC ACT 10667 THE PHILIPPINE COMPETITION ACT

August 12, 2015

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…

The Supreme Court allows the registration of identical trademarks for use on electronic products in the same Class.

July 15, 2015

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…

Apple Inc. versus Solid Broadband Corp.

May 19, 2015

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…

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