Reduction In Amount Of Individual Fee While Designating Philippines

Trademarks Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Philippines, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Copyright Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Philippines, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

The application of the Doctrine of Inherency in the assessment of patentable subject matter in the Philippines is summarised for each situation below.

Patents Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Philippines, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Trademark Disputes Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Philippines, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

In the brand-conscious Filipino market, trademarks are the anchors which allow producers to hook consumers to the wares that are being peddled and, hopefully, to gain their loyalty. So when less astute entrepreneurs try to piggy-back on the goodwill created by more entrenched brands, affected producers need to rely on legal standards to determine if trademark infringement is being committed. Whether the Filipino consumer would likely be deceived or confused in choosing the right product is now a

A brief guide addressing common questions and concerns of the IP litigation and enforcement landscape in the Philippines

Content blocking is a major anti-piracy tool to prevent access to copyright infringements. There is a debate as to how far it should go.

The Philippine Intellectual Property Office ("IPOPHL") recently issued IPOPHL Memorandum Circular No. 2025-009, or the Rules and Regulations for the Declaration...

Patents Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Philippines, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

On June 3, 2026, the Supreme Court of India’s AI Committee released preliminary draft of the Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026 (“The Draft”). This marks a shift from scattered experiments with AI tools for translation, transcription, research and case management. With over 93,000 pending matters as of March 2026, the guidelines aim to ease processes for officials and citizens. AI could help reduce backlogs through automated cause-list preparation, transcription, research, and defect scrutiny, but its use also raises serious concerns.

When an artificial intelligence system is trained on copyrighted news content, and later answers a user’s question using what it learned, has the law been broken? On 24th July 2026, the Delhi High Court answered that question, at least for now. In ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. Open AI OpCo LLC, Justice Amit Bansal declined to grant an interim injunction against OpenAI, holding, on a prima facie, interim stage view, that the company’s use of ANI’s news content to train its large language models (“LLMs”) falls within the fair dealing exception under Section 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act, 1957

A gift deed is a legal document that facilitates the voluntary transfer of property from one person (the donor) to another (the donee) without any exchange of money or consideration.

The change is effected through two instruments: the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Amendment Regulations, 2026, notified via gazette on 10th March, 2026[1] (the “Amendment Regulations”), and a subsequent implementation order dated 13th March, 2026[2] (the “Order”) issued by FSSAI directing all licensing authorities to apply the revised thresholds with effect from 1st April, 2026.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court held that, the following twin test needs to be satisfied for an establishment to seek exemption from Section 16 (1) of the Act.

On February 10, 2026, the Central Government notified the amended Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026 (hereinafter referred to as “IT Amendment Rules”), marking a significant shift in how India regulates Artificial Intelligence (AI) and synthetically generated content online.

Section 3 clause (2) sub-clause (a) of the Real Estate (Regulation and Developtment) Act, 2016 states that all the real estate projects are required to be registered under the Act...

As per the Economic Survey, 2021, insurance penetration in India stands at a mere 4.2%, reflecting a low level of coverage within the population.

India’s new labour code framework, comprising four consolidated codes enacted between 2019 and 2020, represents the most comprehensive overhaul of employment laws since independence. Among these, the Code on Wages, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the “Code”) amalgamates the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, into a single, unified enactment.

There are more than 28 million skilled and unskilled workers engaged in the construction sector in India.