Intellectual Property Code with the 2020 Revised Rules of Procedure for Intellectual Property Rights Cases

Section 1

Where the case is submitted for decision immediately after pre-trial in accordance with Section 4 (i) (i) of Rule 6, the court shall render judgment within sixty (60) calendar days after pre-trial. Where the parties are required to submit position papers under Section 7 of Rule 6 or Section 1 of Rule 7, the courts shall render judgment within sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of the last position paper, or upon the expiration of the period to file the same. Where a clarification hearing is conducted under Section 2 of Rule 7, the court shall render judgment within sixty (60) calendar days from the termination of the last clarification hearing. Where the court conducted trial, it shall render judgment within sixty (60) calendar days from the oral ruling on the last offer of evidence, or, when required by the court, from submission of the memoranda or draft decision under Section 5 of Rule 7, or upon the expiration of the period to file thereof.

Section 2

Unless restrained by a higher court, the judgment of the court shall be executory even pending appeal under such terms and conditions as the court may prescribe.