PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE USE OF THE FIRM NAME "SYCIP, SALAZAR,

FELICIANO, HERNANDEZ & CASTILLO." LUCIANO E. SALAZAR, FLORENTINO P.

FELICIANO, BENILDO G. HERNANDEZ. GREGORIO R. CASTILLO. ALBERTO P. SAN
JUAN, JUAN C. REYES. JR., ANDRES G. GATMAITAN, JUSTINO H. CACANINDIN, NOEL
A. LAMAN, ETHELWOLDO E. FERNANDEZ, ANGELITO C. IMPERIO, EDUARDO R.
CENIZA, TRISTAN A. CATINDIG, ANCHETA K. TAN, and ALICE V. PESIGAN,
petitioners.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE USE OF THE FIRM
NAME "OZAETA, ROMULO, DE LEON, MABANTA & REYES." RICARDO J. ROMULO,
BENJAMIN M. DE LEON, ROMAN MABANTA, JR., JOSE MA, REYES, JESUS S. J.
SAYOC, EDUARDO DE LOS ANGELES, and JOSE F. BUENAVENTURA, petitioners.

Facts
The enduring partners of Atty. Herminio Ozaeta recorded a request supplicating
that they be permitted to keep utilizing, for the sake of their firm, the names of
their accomplice who died. One of the applicants' contentions expressed that no
neighborhood custom disallows the proceeded with utilization of a perished
accomplice's name in an expert association's name to the extent that More
noteworthy Manila Area is concerned. No custom exists which perceives that the
name of a law office essentially recognizes the individual individuals from the firm.
They likewise expressed that the proceeded with utilization of an expired
accomplice's name in the firm name of law associations has been reliably
permitted by U.S. Courts and is an acknowledged practice in the legitimate
calling of most nations on the planet.

Issues
Whether or not the law office "Ozaeta, Romulo, De Leon, Mabanta and Reyes" is
permitted to support the name of their expired accomplice, Atty. Herminio
Ozaeta, for the sake of their firm.
Whether or not a partnership for the practice of law cannot be likened
Whether or not there is a local custom disallows the proceeded with utilization of
an expired accomplice's name in an expert association's name; there is no
custom or use in the Philippines, or if nothing else in the Greater Manila Area,
which perceives that the name of a law office essentially Identifies the individual
individuals from the firm.
Ruling
NO. Group 33 of the Canons of Professional Ethics received by the American Bar
Affiliation expressed the accompanying:
"The proceeded with utilization of the name of a perished or previous accomplice
when passable by neighborhood custom, isn't deceptive however care ought to
be taken that no burden or trickery is rehearsed through this utilization."
No neighborhood custom allows or permits the proceeded with utilization of a
perished or previous accomplice's name in the firm names of law organizations.
Firm names, under Philippine custom, distinguish the more dynamic or senior
accomplices in a firm. Firm names in the Philippines change and advance when
accomplices pass on, leave or another one is included. It is faulty to include the
new name of an accomplice and continue the name of the expired one since
they have never been, in fact, accomplices in any case. With regards to the
contentions of the solicitors expressing that U.S. Courts award the proceeded with
utilization of the perished accomplice's name, this is so in light of the fact that in
the U.S., it is an authorized custom as expressed on account of Mendelsohn v.
Evenhanded Life Assurance Society (33 N.Y.S 2d 733). This doesn't make a
difference in the Philippines. The appeal documented in this is denied and
applicant is encouraged to drop the name "OZAETA" from the firm name.
An partnership for the act of law is certainly not a lawful element. It is a simple
relationship or association for a specific reason. It's anything but a partnership
framed to continue exchange or business or of holding property." Thus, it has
been expressed that "the utilization of a pen name, accepted or trademark in law
practice is ill-advised.
It must be yielded that in the Philippines, no local custom allows or permits the
proceeded with utilization of a perished or previous accomplice's name in the
firm names of law organizations. Firm names, under our custom, Identify the more
dynamic or potentially more senior individuals or accomplices of the law office.
A brief look at the historical backdrop of the organizations of applicants and of
other law offices in this nation would show how their firm names have advanced
and changed now and again as the structure of the association changed.
D.
I do not agree for not allowing to sustain the name of their deceased partner,
Atty. Herminio Ozaeta, in the name of their firm. Since it is a business of course
their main goal is to earn profit and forcing the name will consume time where it
would have been money because for business person time is money they should
not waste time even a little time. even small things or money can grow if you think
about where you will use it. another name change can cause you to reduce or
lose income because your name is different because you are invisible because
the name of your business is messy and there is no single name that can impress
customers increasing income because it is already known by customers and can
still be introduced to other people become dominoes so it is not good for business
people.