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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE
OF THE PHILIPPINES
Republic Act No. 8293
The State recognizes that an effective
intellectual and industrial property
system is vital to the development of
domestic and creative activity,
facilitates transfer of technology,
attracts foreign investments, and
ensures market access for our
products.
It shall protect and secure the
exclusive rights of scientists,
inventors, artists and other gifted
citizens to their intellectual property
and creations, particularly when
beneficial to the people, for such
periods as provided in this Act.
The State shall promote the diffusion
of knowledge and information for the
promotion of national development
and progress and the common good.
Intellectual property rights under the
I. P. Code:
The intellectual property rights under the
Intellectual Property Code are as follows:
1. Copyright and related rights;
2. Trademarks and service marks;
3. Geographic indications;
4. Industrial designs;
5. Patents;
6. Layout designs [topographies] of integrated
circuits; and
7. Protection of undisclosed information.
The agency of the government in charge of the implementation of
the Intellectual Property Code is the Intellectual Property Office
which replaced the Bureau of Patents, Trademarks and
Technology Transfer. It is divided into six [6] Bureaus, namely:
[1] Bureau of Patents;
[2] Bureau of Trademarks;
[3] Bureau of Legal Affairs;
[4] Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer
Bureau;
[5] Management Information System and EDP Bureau; and
[6] Administrative, Financial and Personnel Services Bureau.
Intellectual Property Law
deals with the rules for securing and
enforcing legal rights to inventions,
designs, and artistic works.
give an incentive for people to
develop creative works that benefit
society, by ensuring they can profit
from their works without fear of
misappropriation by others.
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution gives
Congress express authority to grant authors
and inventors exclusive rights to their creations.
Section 8, gives Congress the power to regulate
interstate and foreign commerce, providing
further support for its right to legislate in this
area.
Intellectual property laws passed by Congress
are administered by two government agencies,
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the
U.S Copyright Office.
Copyright law of the Philippines
Republic Act No. 8293
took effect on January 1, 1998, under the
presidency of Fidel V. Ramos
A copyright is the legal protection extended to
the owner of the rights in an original work.
In the Intellectual Property (IP) Code of the
Philippines, literary and artistic works include
books, writings, musical works, films, paintings,
and other works including computer programs.
Types of Rights under the Law of
Copyright
Economic Rights
Replication of the work, or a portion of the work
Transformation or dramatization of the original work
The first public distribution of the original work and each copy of the work
Moral Rights
Require the authorship of the work be attributed to him or her, meaning that the
author may require that his or her name be displayed in a prominent fashion
on a copy or public distribution or use of the work
To make any transformation or adjustment to the work, or withhold it from
publication
To oppose any and all mutilation or any other derogatory action to the work
which could potentially be detrimental to the author's honor and reputation
Resale rights
The author and his or her heirs have the inalienable right to partake of 5% of
the proceeds of the sale or lease of his or her original work (painting,
sculpture, manuscript, composition). This inalienable right is in effect during
the lifetime of the author, and for fifty years after his or her death.
Related rights
Related rights are the rights of those whose help the author avails of in order to
assist him in producing his work, and distributing this work to the public.
These rights are also referred to as "neighboring rights" and include the
following:
Rights of performers
Rights of producers of sound recordings
Rights of broadcasting organizations
Privacy of Personal and Public
Domains
A network domain is an administrative grouping of
multiple private computer networks or hosts
within the same infrastructure.
Domains can be identified using a domain name;
domains which need to be accessible from the
public Internet can be assigned a globally
unique name within the Domain Name System
(DNS).
What is Domain Privacy?
When you register a domain name with any
provider, your details (name, address, email
and phone number) are automatically added to
a public WHOIS directory. This is a regulatory
requirement for anyone who registers their
domain. With Domain Privacy you can hide your
personal information from public view,
protecting you from spammers, data miners and
marketers to reduce unsolicited phone calls and
emails.
Internet Etiquette
Know Your Manners When Using Technology
Ten Basic Rules of Netiquette or
Internet Etiquette
1. Real People Take Priority
2. If You Wouldn't Say It to Someone's
Face, Don't Say It Online
3.If You Wouldn't Show It in Public,
Don't Share It Online
4. Don't Exclude Your Audience
5. Don't "Friend" Then "Unfriend"
Ten Basic Rules of Netiquette or
Internet Etiquette
6. Don't Overload System Resources with
Enormous Files
7. Respect People's Privacy
8. Don't Repost Without Checking the Facts
9. Check and Respond to Email Promptly
10. Update Online Information that People
Depend Upon
