Article 71 of the Intellectual Property Code provides for the rights of a patent owner. While Article 72 outlines the limitations, Articles 74 and 93 provide for further limitations of a patent owner.

Under the 2024 Implementing Rules of Magna Carta for Homeowners and Homeowners’ Associations (RA 9904), a delinquent member or member not in good standing shall refer to a member who has been declared as such after due notice and hearing on the basis of the grounds and in accordance with the procedures set forth under the bylaws and/or existing policies of the association or, in lieu thereof, under this Rules.

Barangay conciliation, also known as the Katarungang Pambarangay, is a community-based dispute settlement mechanism that is administered by the basic political unit of the country, the barangay.

In determining the sanction imposable on an employee, the employer may consider the former’s past misconduct and previous infractions. Also known as the principle of totality of infractions. However, while the rule permits employers to consider an employee’s history of violations, jurisprudence also sets limits on how past offenses may justify dismissal. Previous offenses may be used as valid justification for dismissal only if they are related to the subsequent offense upon which the basis of termination is decreed, or if they have a bearing on the proximate offense warranting dismissal.

Among the laws enacted in year 2017 was Republic Act. No. 10963 or the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act. TRAIN Law aims to make the tax system simpler, fairer, and more efficient. Further, it seeks to address several weaknesses of the old tax system by lowering and simplifying personal income taxes, simplifying estate and donor’s taxes, expanding the value-added tax (VAT) base, adjusting oil and automobile excise taxes, and introducing excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (What is the COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM). If continuously implemented, TRAIN Law may be employed to accelerate poverty reduction. In view of this, we welcome the passage of the Republic Act. No. 11213 or the Tax Amnesty Act. The law is meant to complement TRAIN Law. With the Tax Amnesty Act, taxpayers will be given the opportunity to settle outstanding tax liabilities, particularly those long idle estate properties and move forward and spur economic growth in the Philippines.

Technological progress, improved methods of production and division of labor are among the reasons which led to new developments in the distribution of working hours in a day, in a week or in a year. The new trends in the pattern of working time have been reflected in the scheduling and staggering of working time. In the Philippines, the most common type of these schemes is part-time work. (DOLE Explanatory Bulletin on Part-Time Employment)

Age is a basic requirement for all the dealings in life, interestingly, there are different age thresholds for a person to be able to do acts with legal effects. Age requirement differs as to the purpose of an act and other given circumstances. Basically, in entering into an ordinary contract, a minor cannot enter into legal transactions as they cannot lawfully give consent to a contract.

The Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) was reconstituted as the Human Settlements Adjudication Commission (HSAC) through Republic Act No. 11201 otherwise known as the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Act.