“Val del Rosario was in Tokyo from November 9 to 15 to visit friends and clients. Val del Rosario (on right) at the Tokyo Dome with Mr. Chujo of NSUKK. Mr. Chujo accompanied Val del Rosario to the Tokyo Dome to buy…
On October 29, 2015, Atty. Cherylette P. Lingao attended a forum entitled “Copyright in Daily Life” which was organized by the Korean Copyright Commission and in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines at the Malcolm Theater of the University…
“Good art is like good law, or so I would like to think. Both endeavors require insight and passion in order to succeed, and both Bencab and I have contributed to our respective fields over the course of our career. My wife…
On October 8, 2015, Attys. Patrick Sarmiento and Maria Francesca Bautista attended the lecture-workshop sponsored by the Philippine Ports Authority.The guest speaker, Mr. Damien Magee, a UN Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) expert, discussed among others ship and sale purchase, demurrage, and…
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…