—Reginald Anton J. Puno, Partner—Ariane P. Ong, Associate With great challenges always come promising opportunities. How will the Philippines react to another wave of innovation in the financial technologies space and the industries surrounding it in 2021 and the immediately succeeding years? Fintech in the Philippines Innovations in the realm of Financial Technology (“Fintech”) started

—Carlo E. Abarquez, Partner—Sharlaine T. Sy, Associate On 08 September 2020, the Supreme Court of the Philippines (“Supreme Court”) promulgated its decision in the case of Zuneca Pharmaceutical v. Natrapharm Inc. (“Decision”) which clarified that ownership over a trademark may also be acquired through prior use in good faith versus registration[1]. This ruling is of

—Reginald Anton J. Puno, Partner—Mitchel Q. Tuazon, Associate Setting up a corporation has always been a challenge, even daunting, for single business owners, since they were required to gather a fixed number of warm bodies under the Old Corporation Code (“OCC”) – some whom they may not even know well – to join him/her as

—Carlo E. Abarquez, Partner—Justine Abigail C. Sablan, Associate In our previous Newsletter issued on 19 October 2020, we discussed the first part of our look into several Memorandum Circulars (“MC[s]”) issued by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (“IPOPHL”), which revised rules (“Revised Rules”) involving Intellectual Property (“IP”) in the Philippines, effective starting 05

—Carlo E. Abarquez, Partner—Justine Abigail C. Sablan, Associate On 03 July 2020, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (“IPOPHL”) released several Memorandum Circulars (“MC[s]”) revising some of the rules (“Revised Rules”) with regard to Intellectual Property (“IP”) in the Philippines, which shall be effective starting 05 September 2020. The Revised Rules include: (1) Revised

We, at VAL Law, are proud to announce that we are once again named as finalists in the 2020 Philippine Law Awards. We take pride in the diverse legal expertise of our partners, as their exceptional work elevates VAL Law as a full-service firm. The firm is elated to receive recognition from Asian Legal Business