February 2020

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (“IPOPHL”) has issued IPOPHL Memorandum Circular No. 2020-002 providing for the Revised Rules and Regulations on Voluntary Licensing

IPOPHL Memorandum Circular No. 2019-024, Series of 2019, which amends the Rules and Regulations on Inter Partes Proceedings took effect on 15 February 2020. Meanwhile,

Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia (“CMT”) won in five (5) categories in the Asia Business Law Journal’s Philippines Law Firm Awards 2019:   Arbitration & Alternative

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued Memorandum Circular No. 1, Series of 2020, otherwise known as the “Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of