News & Updates

News and Updates

PIArb and CMT bring the CIARB Accelerated Route to Membership in International Arbitration to Manila

On 26 August 2023, the Philippine Institute of Arbitrators (PIArb) and Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia (CMT) will host the Accelerated Route to Membership (ARM) in International Arbitration. CIArb is the…

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Powering the Future: The Philippines’ Offshore Wind Energy Revolution with OPAF and EVOSS

As an archipelagic nation situated on the eastern rim of Southeast Asia, the Philippines is bound on the west by the West Philippine Sea and on the east by the…

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IPOPHL Offers Mediation Outside Litigation (MOL) Incentive Package

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines’ Bureau of Legal Affairs (IPOPHL-BLA) is offering a Mediation Outside Litigation (MOL) incentive package to all entities and organizations. The MOL is a…

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Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia awarded gold-tier rank in IAM Patent 1000 2023, PH firm with most recommended patent professionals.

In time for its 10th Anniversary, the firm notched the highest ranking for a patent firm awarded by IAM Patent 1000, a market-leading guide which recognizes world’s top patent firms…

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Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia sponsors the 2023 SIAC Manila Conference

Atty. Elmar B. Galacio, FCIArb, CFE, Head of CMT’s Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice, was a panelist in the first session of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Manila…

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Mandatory Registration of Data Processing Systems and Data Protection Officer Due On 10 July 2023

In compliance with NPC Circular No. 2022-04 effective 11 January 2022, all Data Processing Systems processing personal or sensitive personal information involving automated decision-making or profiling shall, in all instances,…

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Latest Government issuances on COVID-19

02 April 2022 – Advisory Re: Revised Travel Restrictions Guidelines and Quarantine Classifications for Arriving Foreign NationalsBI issues its revised travel restrictions guidelines and quarantine classifications for arriving foreign nationals…

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IPOPHL grants Guimaras Mangoes the First Geographical Indication in the Philippines

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines approved on 13 May 2023 the application by the Guimaras Mango Growers and Producers Development Cooperative (“GMGPDC”), making Guimaras mangoes the first registered…

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11-600 MW RE capacities for auction under Department of Energy’s 2nd Round of GEA

The Department of Energy is set to bid out 11,600 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy (“RE”) capacities under the Second Round of the Green Energy Auction (“GEA”) or GEA2 in…

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IPOPHL Promulgates 2023 Trademark Regulations

The Philippine Intellectual Property Office (“IPO”) recently promulgated IPOPHL Memorandum Circular No. 2023-001, otherwise known as the Trademark Regulations of 2023, introducing significant changes to the rules and regulations governing…

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