Taxing Software Transactions

Atty. Romeo H. Duran of Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan explains how transactions involving software are taxed in the Philippines.  The Intellectual Property Code defines the term “copyright or economic rights” as consisting of the exclusive right to carry out, authorise or prevent the following acts:

Madonna Wins Copyright Infringement Case

The music industry in the past few years has been thriving, as original works and covers from various artists can be easily accessed by nearly anyone who has an internet connection.  Youtube, itunes, spotify, among others, all grant access to a plethora of songs and music videos. Even before all this, in 1990 Madonna Louise

SVBB holds in-house seminar workshop on Copyright

As part of its program for continuing legal education to its lawyers and paralegals, Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan (SVBB) held a one-day in-house seminar and workshop on the subject of Copyright last June 4, 2016 at Makati Sports Club.  The event was aimed at keeping the lawyers and paralegals of the Firm updated on

2016 Ateneo – SVBB IP Awards Project

                The Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan (SVBB) Law Firm and the Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO) of the Ateneo de Manila Univesity are initiating the 2016 Ateneo – SVBB IP Awards Project. The Project aims to promote intellectual property (IP) awareness and to empower the Technological

Patent Attorneys and Agents in the Philippines – Atty. Ignacio S. Sapalo

WITH THE “GLOBALIZATION” OF COMMERCE AND TRADE and the advancement and sophistication of technology, the Philippines, as member of the international community, has now come to terms not only with the need to afford protection to intellectual property rights, but also with the promotion of intellectual activity, including the effective transfer of applicable technology.  read

Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan – Patent & Trademark Prosecution Law Firm of the Year 2015

CorporateINTL annual awards running since 2008, mark excellence for the world’s leading advisers and financiers in an array of countries and continents. CorporateINTL awarded Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan Law Offices as Patent & Trademark Prosecution Law Firm of the Year in the Philippines for Legal Awards Winner 2015.

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