Supreme Court launches revised rules on intellectual property rights cases By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS, GMA News Published December 16, 2020 4:17pm Approved by the court en banc last October and effective since November 16, the revised rules are "designed to foster a legal atmosphere that ultimately spurs creative activity and innovation, technology transfer, and foreign investment," the SC Public Information Office said. The revisions include amendments in procedure, and "for the first time," also list the accepted evidence of actual use of a mark in trademark infringement and unfair competition cases. These include labels of the mark as used, downloaded pages from the website of the applicant or registrant showing the goods are being sold or services rendered in the Philippines, photographs of goods bearing the marks as these are actually used or of the stamped or marked container of goods and of the establishment/s where the services are being rendered, among several others, according to the rules.