INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

A. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Intellectual Property (IP) Law – This course

primarily deals with the study of the state policies, laws, treaties and international
agreements, rules and regulations on intellectual property rights (IPR), namely
Copyright and Related Rights; Trademarks and Service Marks; Patents; Industrial
Designs; Layout Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits; Geographic
Indications; and Protection of Undisclosed Information. It will tackle basic
principles, rules and procedures for the protection of IPR, and the necessary
remedies in case of violations thereof.

B. OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the course, the students shall be able:

1. to fully understand the concept of intellectual property system;

2. to fully grasp the importance and value of intellectual property;
3. to know and comprehend the different forms of IPR as to their concept,
definition, mode of acquisition, scope, limitations and exceptions, term of
protection, enforceability, procedures and remedies available for the
protection and enforcement of IPR;
4. to know the danger and serious concerns of counterfeiting and piracy; and
5. to advocate IP and build respect for IPR.

C. OUTLINE

I. Introduction

a. General Concept of IP
b. Historical Background
c. Overview of the IP system

II. The Value and Importance of IP

a. IP and the Economy

b. IP and Business
c. Relevant Business Cases and Studies

III. Intellectual Property Rights

a. State Policies

1. Section 13, Article 14 of the 1987 Constitution

2. Section 2, Republic Act No. 8293 (Intellectual Property Code of the
Philippines)

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b. Trademark and Service Marks

1. Definition
2. Nature and Function of Trademark
3. Registrability of Trademark
4. Dominancy Test vs. Holistic Test
5. Identical or Related Goods and Confusion of Business
6. Registration Process
7. Inter Partes Cases
8. Infringement
9. Unfair Competition
10. Remedies

References:

Section 121 to 170, Republic Act No. 8293

Registrability of Trademark

Dominancy Test vs. Holistic Test

UFC Phils. Inc. Vs. Barrio Fiesta Mfg. Inc.

GR No. 198889, January 20, 2016

Taiwan Kolin Corp., Ltd Vs. Kolin Electronics Co. Inc.

GR No. 209843, March 25, 2015

Victorio P. Diaz vs. People of the Philippines and Levi Strauss [Phils.] Inc.
G.R. No. 180677, 18 February 2013

Ecole De Cuisine Manille (Cordon Bleu of the Philippines), Inc. v. Renaud

Cointreau & CIE and Le Condron Bleu Int’l., B.V. (G.R. No. 185830, 05
June 2013)

Great White Shark Vs. Caralde, Jr

G.R. No. 192294, November 21, 2012.

Fredco Manufacturing Corporation vs President and Fel- lows of

Harvard College (Harvard University), G.R. No. 185917, 01 June 2011

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. v. Inter Pacific Industrial Trading Corp. G.R. No.
164321, 28 March 2011

Berris Agricultural Co., Inc. vs. Norvy Abyadang , G.R. No. 183404,
13 October 2010

Dermaline, Inc. vs. Myra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , G.R. No. 190065,

16 August 2010

Coffee Partners, Inc. vs. San Francisco Coffee & Roastery, Inc.,
G.R. No. 169504, 03 March 2010

Prosource International, Inc. vs. Horphag Research Management Sa,

G.R. No. 180073, 25 November 2009

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 Mcdonald’s Corp. vs. Macjoy Fastfood Corporation, G.R. No. 166115,
02 February 2007

Mcdonald’s Corp. vs. L.C. Big Mak Burger, Inc., G.R. No. 143993,
18 August 2004

Societe Des Produits Nestle vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 112012,
04 April 2001

Emerald Garment Manufacturing Corporation vs. Court of Appeals,

G.R. No. 100098, 29 December 1995

Asia Brewery, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 103543,

05 July 1993

Fruit Of The Loom, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. L-32747,
29 November 1984

Amigo Manufacturing, Inc. vs. Cluett Peaobody, Inc.,

G.R. No. 139300, 14 March 2001

Identical or Related Goods and Confusion of Business

Taiwan Kolin Corp., Ltd Vs. Kolin Electronics Co. Inc.

GR No. 209843, March 25, 2015

Mighty Corporation vs. E. & J. Gallo Winery, G.R. No. 154342,

14 July 2004

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 120900

20 July 2004

Faberge, Incorporated vs. Intermediate Appellate Court,

G.R. No. 71189, 04 November 1992

Philippine Refining Co., Inc. vs. Ng Sam, G.R. No. L-26676,

30 July 1982

Hickok Manufacturing Co., Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. L-44707,
31 August 1982

Esso Standard Eastern, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals and United Cigarette
Corporation, G.R. No. L-29971, 31 August 1982

246 Corporation, doing business under the name and style of Rolex
Music Lounge vs. Hon. Reynaldo B. Daway, in his capacity as Presiding
Judge of RTC Branch 90, Quezon City, GR No. 157216, November 20,
2003

Remedies

Kabushiki Kaisha Isetan vs. Iac, G.R. No. L-75420,

15 November 1991

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 Sehwani, Incorporated vs. In-N-Out Burger, Inc., G.R. No. 171053,
15 October 2007

E.Y. Industrial Sales, Inc. v. Shen Dar Electricity and Machinery Co., Ltd.
(G.R. No. 184850, 20 Oct. 2010)

Sasot vs. People, G.R. No. 143193, 29 June 2005

Levi Strauss & Co., v. Clinton Apparelle, Inc., G.R. No. 138900, 20
September 2005

Puma Sportschuhfabriken Rudolf Dassler, K.G. vs. IAC and Mil-Oro

Manufacturing Corporation, G.R. No. 75067, 26 February 1988

Tanduay Distillers, Inc. vs. Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. , G.R. No. 164324,
14 August 2009

Levi Strauss & Co. vs. Clinton Apparelle, Inc., G.R. No. 138900,
20 September 2005

Superior Commercial Enterprises, Inc. vs. Kunnan Enterprises Ltd., et al.,

G.R. No. 169974, 20 April 2012-11-13

Shangri-La International Hotel Management, Ltd., et al vs. Developers

Group of Companies, Inc., G.R. No. 159938, 31 March 2006

Unno Commercial Enterprises, Inc. vs. General Milling Corporation,

G.R. No. L-28554, 28 February 1983

Infringement (See also cases on Dominancy and Holistic Test)

Republic Gas Corporation v. Petron Corporation,

G. R. No. 194062, 17 June 2013

Societe Des Produits Nestle, S.A. vs. Martin T. Dy, Jr., G.R. No. 172276,
08 August 2010

Juno Batistis v. People

G.R. No. 181571, 19 December 2009

Philip Morris, Inc. vs. Fortune Tobacco Corporation

G.R. No. 158589, 27 June 2006

Del Monte Corporation vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. L-78325,

25 January 1990

Converse Rubber Corporation vs. Universal Rubber Products, Inc.

G.R. No. L-27906, 08 January 1987

Converse Rubber Corporation and Edwardson Manufacturing

Corporation vs. Jacinto Rubber & Plastics Co., Inc., et al.,
G.R. Nos. L-27425 & L-30505, 28 April 1980

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c. Copyright and Related Rights

1. Definition
2. Nature and Purpose of Copyright Protection
3. Scope of Copyright
4. Derivative Works
5. Works Not Protected
6. Copyright on Economic Rights
7. Ownership of Copyright
8. Transfer or Ownership of Copyright
9. Limitations on Copyright
10. Deposit and Notice
11. Moral Rights
12. Rights to Proceeds in Subsequent Transfers
13. Rights of Performers, Producers of Sounds Recordings and
Broadcasting Organizations
14. Producers of Sound Recordings
15. Broadcasting Organizations
16. Limitations on Protection
17. Term of Protection
18. Infringement
19. Remedies

References:

Section 171 to 229, Republic Act No. 8293, as amended by R.A. No. 10372

Lipton vs. The Nature Company, USCA, 2nd District, November 28, 1995

Waldman Publishing Corp. vs. Landoll Inc., USCA, 2nd District,

December 27, 1994

David Woods, et al. vs. Bourne Co., USCA, 2 nd Circuit, July 25, 1995

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Docket No. 11–697.

Argued October 29, 2012—Decided March 19, 2013

Pearl and Dean vs. Shoemart, G.R. No. 148222, 15 August 2003

Francisco G. Joaquin vs. Franklin Drilon, G.R. No. 108946, 28 January 1999

Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Inc. vs. Tan, 148
SCRA 461

ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation vs. Philippine Multimedia System, Inc.,

G.R. Nos. 175769-70, 19 January 2009

Williams and Wilkins Co. vs. The United States Court of Claims,
487 F. 2d 1345, 1973

National Rifle Association of America vs. Handgun Control Federation of

Ohio, USCA, 6th Circuit 15 F. 3d 559 (1994)

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 In the matter of the charges of plagiarism against Associate Justice Mariano
C. Del Castillo, A.M. No. 10-7-17-SC, 12 October 2010

Pacita I. Habana, et al. vs. Felicidad Robles and Goodwill Trading,

G.R. No. 131522, 19 July 1999

NBI-Microsoft Corp. vs. Judy Hwang, et al., G.R. No. 147043, 21 June 2005

Manly Sportwear Manufacturing, Inc. vs. Dadodette Enterprises and/or

Hermes Sports Center, G.R. No. 165306, 20 September 2005

d. Patents

1. Definition
2. Nature and Purpose of Patent Protection
3. Patentability
3.1. Patentable Invention
3.2. Non-Patentable Invention
3.3. Novelty
3.4. Prior Art
3.5. Non Prejudicial Disclosure
3.6. Inventive Step
3.7. Industrial Applicability
4. Right to a Patent
5. Patent Registration Process
5.1 . Patent Application
5.2 . Procedure for Grant of Patent
6. Cancellation of Patents
7. Remedies of a Person with a Right to a Patent
8. Rights of Patentees and Infringement of Patents
8.1. Rights Conferred
8.2. Limitations
8.3. Infringements
9. Voluntary Licensing
10. Compulsory Licensing
11. Utility Models
12. Industrial Designs

References:

Section 20 to 120, Republic Act No. 8293

Republic Act No. 9052 known as Universally Accessible Cheaper and

Quality Medicine Act of 2006

Pearl and Dean vs. Shoemart, G.R. No. 148222, 15 August 2003

Smith Kline Beckman Corporation vs. Tryco Pharma, G.R. No. 126627,
14 August 2003

Manzano vs. Court of Appeals, 278 SCRA 688

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 Maguan vs. Court of Appeals, 146 SCRA 107

Frank vs. Kozuyama, 59 PHIL. 206

Aguas vs. De Leon, 111 SCRA 238

Godines vs. Court of Appeals, 226 SCRA 338

SmithKline vs. Court of Appeals, 409 SCRA 33

United States vs. Adams, et al., US Supreme Court, February 21, 1966

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Inc., et al. vs. Ray-O-Vac Co. US Supreme
Court, February 28, 1944

Diamond vs. Diehr, et al. US Supreme Court, 450 U.S. 175

Jessie G. Ching vs. William M. Salinas, et al., G.R. No. 161295,

29 June 2005

e. Other IPRs

1. Geographic Indications
2. Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits
3. Protection of Undisclosed Information

IV. The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL)

a. Organization
b. Functions
c. Office of the Director General
d. Bureau of Legal Affairs
e. Bureau of Trademarks
f. Bureau of Patents
g. Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau
h. National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR)

References:

Section 1 to 19, Republic Act No. 8293

Executive Order No. 736, June 21, 2008

V. Treaties and International Agreements

a. The Convention Establishing the WIPO (1980)

b. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1965)
c. Berne Convention for the Protection of Artistic & Literary Works, 1951
d. Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms
and Broadcasting Organizations, 1984
e. Patent Cooperation Treaty, 2001
f. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Agreement, 1995

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g. Madrid Protocol, 2012