Atty. Dennis Gorecho

The cyberspace is a boon to the need of the current generation for greater information and facility of communication.

Will a prior user in good faith be enjoined from further using the trademark by a registrant of a similar mark?

Radio reception transmitted through loudspeakers to enhance profit does not constitute, and is not analogous to, fair use, that will be a valid defense in copyright infringement.

Busan, South Korea—Piracy and counterfeiting in the Philippines continue to proliferate online—on social media, e-commerce platforms, and other websites.

Days before the deadly crowd crush incident, I walked every night around the neighborhood of Itaewon to explore the so-called party hub of Seoul.

The power of eminent domain is an extraordinary power the government must wield with circumspection and utmost regard for procedural requirements.

The Philippine peso continues to fall to its lowest level vis-à-vis the dollar since the start of the year.

Scarcity is an economic concept we encounter in addressing a basic problem—the gap between limited resources and theoretically limitless wants.

Gusto kong maging sing-makulay ng robot ko ang mga manok mo, Pa,” says Toym Imao to his father.

I visited this week the Diliman campus of University of the Philippines to run and see if the sunflowers are still in full bloom.

A middle-aged woman riddled with indecision as she is confronted by maternity, including undergoing abortion, gave Max Eigenmann her best actress award for “12 Weeks” in this year’s Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.

Five years ago, a “secret cell” in a police station linked to President Duterte’s anti-drug campaign became viral on social media. 

The Katipunan area, often referred to as “Katips,” is recognized as Quezon City’s university belt and has always been associated with student activism.

Voltes V again takes center stage at the annual gathering of toy fans and collectors. The Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectible Convention (ToyConPH) is Asia’s biggest and long-running convention for toys and collectibles, cosplay, comics, gaming and digital entertainment, providing a good venue for fans and collectors.

The UP Naming Mahal overture was played as a tribute to the five 2022 National Artist awardees from University of the Philippines during the recent open air concert by the UP Symphony Orchestra.

The diagnosis of a seafarer’s personal doctor, even if made only after a single consultation, may be used as basis for the grant of disability benefits.

I remember watching basketball games of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in the late ’80s and early ’90s with almost empty seats.

My first encounter with the farmers from Brgy. San Vicente, Sumilao, Bukidnon, popularly known as “Sumilao farmers,” was during their well-publicized hunger strike staged in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform compound in Quezon City on October 9, 1997.

Economics was not my first choice when I took the entrance exam at the University of the Philippines in mid-1980s, but another quota course, accounting.

The votes of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), both land-based and sea-based, are now being courted by groups aiming to have political seats through the party-list representation.

The 8,241 passers of the so-called “best bar ever” will now formally enter the legal profession.

Gearing away from its original purpose, the party-list system is now being “bastardized” by questionable groups.

The sea-based sector’s remittances comprise at least 22 percent of the total dollar remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), which was recently greatly affected by the pandemic.

Extramarital affairs of lawyers are always very interesting stories during the legal ethics sessions of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE).

AS freshies in 1992 at the UP College of Law, the imposing words of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. welcomed us to Malcolm Hall: “The business of a law school is not sufficiently described when you merely say that it is to teach law or make lawyers. It is to teach law in the grand manner, and to make great lawyers.”