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FOCUSED ON THE RESULTS YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE
We provide each client with a responsive, results-oriented legal service that addresses identified objectives. We deliver utmost quality by combining the individually tailored service of a boutique firm with the comprehensive knowledge base of our intentionally specialized legal team.
Our Corporate and Commercial Law practice has expanded to include not only business formations and transactions, but also real estate and employment matters. These in turn, have led us to our distinguished practice in Labor and Employment Law and Immigration Law. Our specialized Intellectual Property Law practice was also among the first in the Philippines. Since then, we have developed related expertise in licensing and franchising, all in an effort to help our clients use their IP assets in an evolving marketplace.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
A pioneer in intellectual property (IP) law practice in the Philippines, Cesar C. Cruz & Partners, bring both depth and breadth of experience to safeguarding your information, know-how and processes. We counsel you on the strategies and practices for managing your intellectual property that are consistent with your business plans. We also provide you with assistance on matters concerning regulatory approvals, licensing and franchising. Assessing risk and estimating the likelihood of success is part of what we do in this practice, as well as litigate ex parte and inter partes actions in the Intellectual Property Office and in the courts.
We have the technical acumen and enforcement reach in different industries and technologies: pharmaceutical, health care and medical equipment; software, information technology and electronics; and services and consumer products. In greater detail, these are some of the IP-related services we can provide you, our clients.
Protection
Transactions
Enforcement
Trademarks
Cesar C. Cruz & Partners can ably assist you in every aspect of obtaining, maintaining and transacting business in the Philippines with your trademarks and service marks - words, designs, logos, packaging and labeling (trade dress). We can help you build and protect the value of your trademarks with:
Patents
Our Patent practice group of experienced lawyers, paralegal staff, and retained technical experts, offer custom patent services to help maximize the value of your technologies and fulfill your business objectives. We evaluate all forms of protectable innovation: inventions, industrial and layout designs, utility models and trade secrets (undisclosed information). Our full-service patent enforcement includes:
Copyright
Cesar C. Cruz & Partners has long-standing, front-line experience in protecting copyright and related rights of artistic and creative works presented in all types of media such as print, electronic, broadcast and performance. We have maintained our position as an authority in safeguarding protectible forms of expression, including:
Our copyright practice includes the following legal support:
Designs
In evaluating all possibilities for IP protection, design protection may be an attractive option because of the procedures that allow registration for up to 15 years. Industrial Designs are an arrangement of lines, colors, or any three-dimensional form that have a special appearance and can serve as a pattern for an industrial product or handicraft.
Our Patent practice has particular expertise in the registration of designs. We can advise you on design protection and enforcement, including preparation and prosecution of applications for registration.
Domains
Because our philosophy is to address intellectual property assets with a comprehensive perspective and provide personalized service to each client, we include domain name protection as part of our advisory responsibilities. In today’s complex e-marketplace, issues of domain name availability frequently go hand-in-hand with trademark search and clearance. Similarly, protection of brand names and marks also involves domain names. Our services related to domain names and Internet uses include:
IP Enforcement Litigation
Cesar C. Cruz & Partners understand the importance of every case. We will assist you in enforcing your IP rights in the Patent and Trademark Office, other law enforcement agencies, as well as in the courts. We draw on our well-developed knowledge of our clients and understanding of the Philippine systems, as well as of the law, to produce positive and practical results. We prioritize our communication with you and ensure that you are updated at every stage of the legal process to help you make informed decisions.
We invest ourselves in resolving IP conflicts and disputes, including:
CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Recognized by global, multinational and local businesses that value our hands-on, personalized service, Cesar C. Cruz & Partners understand what “doing business in the Philippines” entails. Your success is our success, so we take every effort to listen to you and determine your best options, provide legal mastery to work out optimal solutions, and deliver the results with integrity.
We have extensive experience in complex multi-jurisdictional commercial transactions and represent both Asian and Western multinational corporations. Our expertise in corporate and commercial practice includes:
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
Cesar C. Cruz & Partners maintains its leadership in the practice of labor relations and employment with a successful record of negotiating and contracting employment relations, including collective bargaining agreements. We have the knowledge and experience to effectively resolve disputes and handle related litigation of varying degrees of complexity. We provide personal attention and guidance in all our services, including:
IMMIGRATION LAW
Cesar C. Cruz & Partners assists multinational clients in obtaining work permits from the Department of Labor and Employment, as well as working visas from the Bureau of Immigration for expatriate executives and employees assigned to the Philippines. Our focus is on prompt and complete service, including the delivery of the following services: