Essentials of Business Law and Labor Law | 30 June 2023

Essentials of Business Law and Labor Law is a digital initiative of Alburo Law to provide legal knowledge to entrepreneurs to help improve their productivity and profitability by ensuring that businesses comply with relevant laws, rules, and regulations.

When may the court compel a person to surrender a withheld certificate of title?

Where it is necessary to issue a new certificate of title pursuant to any involuntary instrument which divests the title of the registered owner against his consent or where a voluntary instrument cannot be registered by reason of the refusal or failure of the holder to surrender the owner’s duplicate certificate of title, the party in interest may file a petition in court to compel surrender of the same to the Register of Deeds.

Who has the right to a patent?

The right to a patent belongs to the inventor, his heirs, or his assigns. When two (2) or more persons have jointly made an invention, the right to a patent shall belong to them jointly (Sec. 28, Intellectual Prty Code).