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Tuna Processing, Inc. vs. Philippine Kingford, Inc.

TUNA PROCESSING, INC., Petitioner, vs. PHILIPPINE KINGFORD, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 185582 | 2012-02-29

D E C I S I O N

PEREZ, J.:

Can a foreign corporation not licensed to do business in the Philippines, but which collects royalties from entities in the Philippines, sue here to enforce a foreign arbitral award?

In this Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45,[1] petitioner Tuna Processing, Inc. (TPI), a foreign corporation not licensed to do business in the Philippines, prays that the Resolution[2] dated 21 November 2008 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City be declared void and the case be remanded to the RTC for further proceedings. In the assailed Resolution, the RTC dismissed petitioner's Petition for Confirmation,...