1.

Intellectual Property Rights

a. Trademarks / Trade Name
-
- Definition of Trademark
- How ownership is acquired?
- Rights of Foreign Nationals under Philippine Law
- Infringement of Trademark

b. Patent
- Definition of Patent
- Rights of Foreigners with Respect to Patents
- Compulsory Licensing

c. Copyright
- Definition of Copyright
- Terms of Protection
- Reciprocity and International Conventions

2. Corporations and Other Juridical Entities

a. Definition of Corporation
b. Personal Law of Corporation
- Nationality of Corporation
▪ Grandfather Test
▪ Control Test
▪ Classification made under the Philippine Investment Law
- Domicile of Corporation
c. Definition of Foreign Corporations
d. Kinds of Foreign Corporations
e. Applicable Law in Intra-Corporate disputes of a Foreign Corporation
f. Scope of Transacting or Doing Business (License Requirements)
g. Doing Business without a License
h. Rights of a Foreign Corporations

Cases:

- Nazareno vs. Court of Appeals, 343 SCRA 637, (2000)

(property)
- Bellis vs. Bellis, 20 SCRA 358, (1967) (successions)

IV. Foreign Judgment

1. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgment

a. Distinction
b. Bases
2. Conditions and Requisites Before Foreign Judgment maybe Recognized
3. Effect of Foreign Judgment
4. Grounds for Non Recognition

Cases:
- Oil and Natural Gas v. CA, 293 SCRA 96 (1998)
- Asiavest v. CA, 361 SCRA 489 (2001)
- Mijares v. Ranada, 455 SCRA 397 (2005)

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- Korea Technologies v. Lerma, 542 SCRA 1 (2008)
- Loucks vs. Standard Oil Company of New York, 224
NY 99, 111 (July 12, 1918)
- Godard vs. Gray, L.R. 6 Q.B. 139 (1870)
- Hilton vs. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113, 16 S.Ct. 139, 40 L. Ed.
95 (1895)
- Philippine Aluminum Wheels Inc. vs. FASGI
Enterprises G.R. No. 137378, (October 12, 2000)
- Klaxon Co. vs. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. 313
U.S. 487, 61 S. Ct. 1020, 85 L.Ed. 1477 (1941).
- Borthwick vs. Castro Bartolome, 152 SCRA 229,
(1987)
- Koster vs. Automark Industries, Inc. 640 F.2d 77, 81
n. 3 (7th Cir. 1981)
- Querubin vs. Querubin, G.R. No. L-3693, (July 29,
1950)
- Philippine International Shipping vs. CA, 172 SCRA
810
- Scherk vs. Alberto-Culver Co.417 U.S. 506, 94 S. Ct.
2449 41 L. Ed.2d 270 (1974)
- Asiavest Merchant Bankers vs. Court of Appeals G.R.
No. 110263, (July 20, 2001)
- Northwest Orient Airlines, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals,
241 SCRA 192, 1995
- Priscilla C. Mijares et al., v. Hon. Santiago Javier
Ranada et al.,G.R. No. 139325, (April 12, 2005)
- Bachchan v. India Abroad Publications Inc., 585
N.Y.S. 2d 661 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1992)
- Bridgeway Corp. V. Citibank, 201 F. 3d 134 (2d Cir.
2000)
- Siedler v. Jacobson, 383 N.Y. S.2d 833 (NY
Sup.Ct.App.1976)
- Boudard vs. Tait, 67 Phil. 179 (1939)
- Ramirez vs. Gmur, 42 Phil. 855 (1918)
- Nouvion vs. Freeman, 59 L.J. Ch. 337 (1889)
- Cowans, et al. vs. Teconderoga Pulp & Paper Co.219
N.Y.S. 284 (1927)
- Ingenohl vs. Olsen & Co.273 U.S. 541
- Republic vs. Gingoyon, 481 SCRA 457
- Velez vs. De Vera, 496 SCRA 345
- Gonzales vs. Climax Mining Ltd., 512 SCRA 148
- EDI-Staffbuilders International, Inc vs. National Labor
Commission 537 SCRA 409
- Valenzuela vs. People , 525 SCRA 306
- Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee
Corporation vs. V.P Eusebio Construction Inc., 434 SCRA 202