2023 Bar Com Syllabus
2023 Bar Com Syllabus
2023 Bar Com Syllabus
NOTE: NOTE: All Bar candidates should be guided that only laws, rules, issuances, and
jurisprudence pertinent to the topics in this syllabus as of June 30, 2022 are examinable materials
within the coverage of the 2023 Bar Examinations. Computations under Taxation Law shall be
excluded from the coverage.
NOTE: Submit hand written of each case on or before the class where the case is associated.
Sections or Articles not listed below are to be considered as part of the coverage.
1800~1803 Management 08 / 31
Rights and Obligations of the
1786~1788 08 / 31
Partnership
1789~1809 Obligations Among Partners 08 / 31
2 Definition of Corporation 09 / 07
3 Classes of Corporations 09 / 07
Nationality of corporations Roy III vs. Herbosa, 823 SCRA 133, GR 207246
140 09 / 07
Control Test Gamboa v. Teves, 652 SCRA 690 (2011)
California Manufacturing Company, Inc. vs.
Grandfather rule 09 / 07
Advanced technology System, Inc., 824 SCRA 295
International Academy of Management &
Economics vs. Litton and Company, Inc., 848
Doctrine of separate juridical SCRA 437
2, 3, 4, 5 09 / 07
personality Jardine Davies vs JRB Realty
G.R. No. 151438, 2005
Art. 44 Civil Code
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6 Classification of Shares 09 / 07
Doctrine of Individuality of
6 09 / 07
Subscription
19, 20 De facto vs corporations by estoppel 09 / 07
Number and Qualifications of
10 09 / 07
Incorporators
11 Corporate Term 09 / 07
12 Subscription Requirements 09 / 07
16 Non-Amendable Items 09 / 07
18 Commencement of Existence 09 / 07
21 Effects of Non-Use 09 / 07
Sec. 15 - General Banking Law 0f 2000 RA 8791
Sec. 7, RA 7721
Raniel vs. Jochico, 517 SCRA 221
Philippine Association of Stock Transfer and
Registry Agencies, Inc. vs Court of Appeals, 536
SCRA 61
22 Board or Directors and Trustees 09 / 07 Woodchild Holdings, Inc. vs. Roxas Electric and
Construction Company, Inc., 436 SCRA 235
Hydro Resources Contractors Corporation vs
National Irrigation Administration, 442 SCRA 438
Sec. 66, 96, 121 – RCC
Rovels Enterprises, Inc. vs. Ocampo, 391 SCRA
176
22 Repository of Corporate Powers 09 / 07
Tenure, Qualifications, and
22, 26 09 / 07
Disqualifications of Directors
22 Requirement of Independent Directors 09 / 07
28 Filling of Vacancies 09 / 07
29 Compensation 09 / 07
Contracts By Self-Dealing Directors
31 09 / 14
With the Corporation
Contracts Between Corporations With
32 09 / 14
Interlocking Directors
Arturo C. Calubad vs. Ricarcen Development Corp.
G. R. No. 202364, Aug. 30, 2017
Carag vs. NLRC, 520 SCRA 28
33 Disloyalty
Ong Yong vs. Tiu, G.R. No. 144476, April 8, 2003
Toh vs. Solid Bank Corporation, 408 SCRA 544
35 ~ 44 Corporate Powers 09 / 14
General Powers; Theory of General
Title IV 09 / 14
Capacity
Specific Powers; Theory of Specific
Title IV 09 / 14
Capacity
36 Power to Extend or Shorten Term 09 / 14
Power to Increase or Decrease Capital
37 09 / 14
Stock
Power to Incur, Create, Increase
37 09 / 14
Bonded Indebtedness
38 Power to Deny Pre-Emptive Rights 09 / 14
45 Adoption of By-Laws 09 / 14
45 Binding Effects 09 / 14
46 Contents of By-Laws 09 / 14
47 Amendments 09 / 14
48 ~ 58 Meetings
Voting Participation in Management 09 / 14 Lim vs. Moldex Land, Inc., 815 SCRA 619
57 Proxy 09 / 14
58 Voting Trust 09 / 14
When Stockholders’ Action is
Title IV 09 / 14
Required
57 Manner of Voting 09 / 14
Proprietary Rights
38 Preemptive Right 09 / 21
54 ~ 58 Right to Vote 09 / 21
Representative Suit 09 / 21
Derivative Suit 09 / 21
Obligations of a Stockholder 09 / 21
80 ~ 85 Appraisal Right 09 / 21
59 Subscription Contract 09 / 21
60 Pre-Incorporation Subscription 09 / 21
Personal Liability 09 / 21
62 ~ 72 Certificate of Stock
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63 Issuance 09 / 21
70 Effect of Delinquency 09 / 21
Alienation of Shares 09 / 21
78, 79 Effects 09 / 21
Banking Laws
New Central Bank Act 10 / 12 R.A. No. 7653, as amended by R.A. No. 11211
1 State Policies 10 / 12
29 Conservatorship 10 / 12
30 Closure 10 / 12
30 Receivership 10 / 12
30 Liquidation 10 / 12
Secrecy of Bank Deposits 10 / 12 R.A. No. 1405, as amended, and R.A. No. 6426
1 Purpose 10 / 12
2, 3, 5 Prohibited Acts 10 / 12
2 Deposits Covered 10 / 12
3 Covered Transactions 10 / 12
4 Suspicious Transactions 10 / 12
10 Freezing Order 10 / 12
Insurance Law
No Fault 10 / 19
Suicide 10 / 19
Incontestability Clause 10 / 19
Concealment 10 / 19
Misrepresentation or Omissions 10 / 19
Breach of Warranties 10 / 19
Marine 11 / 09
Fire 11 / 09
Casualty 11 / 09
Suretyship 11 / 09
Life 11 / 09
Microinsurance 11 / 09
Compulsory Motor Vehicle Liability
11 / 09
Insurance
Compulsory Insurance Coverage for
11 / 09
Agency-Hired Workers
Fernando vs. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 817 SCRA
Transportation Law
233
Diligence Required of Common 11 / 16
Contributory Negligence 11 / 16
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Duration of Liability 11 / 16
Void Stipulations 11 / 16
Void Stipulations 11 / 16
Duration of Liability 11 / 16
Applicability 11 / 16
A. Patents
2. Non-Patentable Inventions 11 / 23
3. Ownership of a Patent 11 / 23
a) Right of a Patent 11 / 23
b) First-to-File Rule 11 / 23
d) Right of Priority 11 / 23
a) Prior User
7. Limitations of Patent Rights 11 / 23
b) Use by Government
a) Tests in Patent Infringement
8. Patent Infringement 11 / 23 1) Literal Infringement
2) Doctrine of Equivalents
b) Defenses in Infringement Action 11 / 23
B. Trademarks
1. Marks vs. Collective Marks vs. Mang Inasal Philippines, Inc. vs. IFP Manufacturing
12 / 07
Trade Names Corporation, 827 SCRA 461
Berris Agricultural Co., Inc. v. Abyadang, 633
2. Acquisition of Ownership of Mark 12 / 07
SCRA 196 (2010)
3. Acquisition of Ownership of Trade
12 / 07
Name
4. Non-Registrable Marks 12 / 07
C. Copyright
5. Ownership of a Copyright 12 / 07
6. Limitations on Copyright 12 / 07
8. Copyright Infringement 12 / 07
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RA No. 8792
Asuncion v. National Labor Relations Commission,
362 SCRA 56 (2001)
VI. Electronic Commerce Act
Career Philippines Shipmanagement, Inc. vs.
Godinez, 841 SCRA 389
A. Legal Recognition of Electronic
Data Messages, Documents, and 12 / 07
Signatures
B. Presumption Relating to Electronic
12 / 07
Signatures
C. Admissibility and Evidential
Weight of Electronic Data Message or 12 / 07
Electronic Document
D. Obligation of Confidentiality 12 / 07