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XI
Mr. Rowan Whitethorn filed a case captioned as "Injunction with Prayer for Status
Quo Order, Temporary Restraining Order and Damages" against Adarlan
Corporation to prohibit the latter from selling shares which Mr. Rowan Whitethorn
purportedly bought from Adarlan Corporation. Mr. Rowan Whitethorn alleged that
the subscription for the said shares was already partly paid by him, but the subject
shares were nonetheless being offered for sale by Adarlan Corporation to the
corporation's other stockholders.
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No. The case is not considered an intra-corporate dispute.
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stockholders, partners, members or officers," then the case cannot
be considered as an intra-corporate dispute.
(Roberto San Jose, et. al. vs. Jose Ma. Ozamiz, G.R. No. 190590,
July 12, 2017)
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XII
Sybil Vane is from Indonesia. She studies nursing at the University of San Jose-
Recoletos (USJ-R). She learned that the same foreign books prescribed in USJ-R
are 40-50% cheaper in Indonesia. So she ordered 50 copies of each book for
herself and her classmates and sold the books at 20% less than the price in the
Philippines. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., the exclusive licensed publisher of
the books in the Philippines, sued Sybil Vane for copyright infringement.
Decide. (10%)
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d. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of
the copyrighted work.
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