Victims of unfair competition have access to remedies like damages, injunctions, and destruction of infringing materials.
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Damages for patent infringement are only recoverable for acts occurring within four years prior to filing the legal action.
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Recovery of damages requires the infringer to have known of the patent, often through “Philippine Patent” labeling on products.
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Infringed patentees can sue for damages, attorney’s fees, and injunctions to stop further unauthorized use of their inventions.
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What are the penalties for the unjustified failure or refusal to allow the inspection or reproduction of corporate records? The unjustified failure or refusal by the corporation, or those responsible for maintaining corporate records, to comply with the rules on inspection and reproduction shall be punished with a fine ranging from Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00)
If an employee is unhappy with his work or would like to seek greener pastures, the normal recourse is to resign. In San Miguel Properties v. Gucaban (G.R. No. 153982, 18 July 2011), the Supreme Court had the occasion to define resignation as follows: “Resignation — the formal pronouncement or relinquishment of a position or
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Proving medical malpractice in the Philippines one of the more difficult civil cases in the Philippines. Medical procedures involve, to a great degree, technical matters, which must be clearly understood first, prior to pursuing a claim that a treatment was attended with malpractice. Moreover, in order to prove the existence of medical malpractice in any
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