LMG 13: OTHER COMMERCIAL LAWS

COURSE SYLLABUS - MIDTERMS

Class 4ALM and 4CLM, A.Y. 2016-2017
Prof. J. P. DEL ROSARIO

STUDY GUIDE

DURATION TOPICS ACTIVITIES

I. INTRODUCTION  Recitation
Week 1 a. General Concepts of Commercial Laws  Discussion
b. Commerce  Lecture
- What are commercial acts / requisites  Case Digests
c. Governing laws  On-site visit to the
- General laws Intellectual Property
- Special commercial laws Office
 Filing of Application
II. LAWS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
a. Republic Act. 8293 (IPC)
- State Policy (Sec. 2, IPC)
- Laws repealed
b. Constitutional Provision on Intellectual Property
c. International laws and treaties
- WTO ‘s Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
-Berne Convention, WIPO treaty, Paris Convention,
Madrid Protocol, etc.)
c. Principle of Reciprocity (Sec. 3, IPC)
d. Reverse Reciprocity of Foreign Laws (Sec.. 231, IPC)
e. National Treatment or Assimilation (Art. 3, TRIPS)
f. Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Art. 4, TRIPS)
g. Technology Transfer Arrangement (Sec. 4.2, IPC)

III. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE

a. Creation
b. Functions, (Sec 5, IPC)
c. The Bureaus
d. The National Library and the Supreme Court (Secs
7.1 [c] and 191, IPC)

IV. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (Sec 4, IPC)

a. Patents (Sec. 21, IPC)
b. Trademark and Service Marks (Sec. 121, IPC)
c. Copyrights and related rights
d. Geographical Indication (Sec. 22, IPC)
e. Industrial Design (Sec. 112, IPC)
f. Lay-out design (Topography)
g. Protection of Undisclosed Information
h. Utility model
 Case law:

1. Mirpuri v. CA, 318 SCRA 516, (1999);

2. Puma v. IAC, GR. No. 75067 (1988);
3. Leviton industries, Inc. v. Salvador , G.R. No. 40163 (1982).

V. LAWS ON PATENTS  Recitation

Week 2 -3 a. Patent  Discussion
b. Elements of Patentability  Lecture
c. Patentable and Non-Patentable Inventions  Case Digests
d. Utility Models and Industrial Design  Filing of Application
e. Application for the Grant of Patent
i. Requirements for Filing of Application
(Secs 32-39)
ii. First to File Rule
iii. Right of Priority
iv. Application Proper
v. Unity of Invention
vi. Divisional applications
vii. Non-Prejudicial Disclosure
viii. Term of Patent
f. Procedure for the Grant of Patent (Secs 40-60)
g. Right to a Patent (Secs 28-31)
h. Ownership of Patent
i. Cancellation of Patent (Secs 61-66)
j. Remedies of a Person Deprived with Patent
Ownership (Secs. 67-70)
k. Infringement (Secs. 72-84)
i. Doctrine of Equivalents
ii. Civil liability
iii. Criminal Liability
iv. See A.M. No. 10-3-10SC (Rules of
Procedure for IP rights ), Rules 2 and 10
v. See RA 9502 (Universally Accessible
Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of
2008) re importation of drugs and
medicine and provisions on inventive step.
l. Limitations of Patent Rights (Secs 72-76)
- Acts allowed even without authorization
- Prior User
- Use by the Government
m. Voluntary Licensing (Secs 85-92)
n. Compulsory Licensing (Secs 93-102)
o. Assignment of Rights (Secs. 103-107
Case law:

1. Pearl and Dean, Inc. v. Shoemart , Inc., G.R. No. 148222,

(2003);
2. Boothe v. Director of Patents, G.R. No. 24919, (1980);
 3. Angelita Manzano vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 113388,
(1997);
4.Philippine Pharmawealth, Inc. v. Pfzer, Inc. vs. Phizer
(Philippines), Inc., G.R. No. 167715 (2010);
5. Roma Drug v. Regional Trial Court, 585 SCRA 140, (2009);
6. Pascual Godines v. Court of Appeals, et al. (G.R. No.
97343, September 13, 1993);
7. Smith Kline Beckman v. Court of Appeals, G.R. 12667,
(2003).

VI. LAWS ON TRADEMARK  Recitation

 Discussion
a. Trade marks  Lecture
i. Collective Marks  Case Digests
ii. Service Marks  On-site visit to the
iii. Trade names Intellectual Property
b. Functions of Trademark Office
c. Acquisition of Marls  Filing of Application
d. Kinds of Marks
i. Arbitrary marks
ii. Fanciful Marks
iii. Suggestive Marks
iv. Descriptive Marks
v. Generic Marks
e. Non-registrability of Marks
f. Colorable Imitation
g. Doctrine of Secondary Meaning
h. Well-known marks
i. Test to determine Confusing Similarity Between
Marks
i. Dominancy Test
ii. Hollistic Test
j. Procedure in Trademark Registration

Case law:

1. Mirpuri vs. CA, G.R. No. 114508 (1999);

2. Converse Rubber Corp. vs. Converse Rubber
Products, 147 SCRA 154 (1987);
3. Coffee Partners, v. San Francisco Coffee &
Roastery, Inc. GR 169504 (2010);
4. Fredco Manufacturing Corp. vs. Harvard
University, 650 SCRA 233, (2011);
5. Esso Standard v. Court of Appeals, 116 SCRA 336
(1982);
6. Philippine Refining Co., Inc. v. Ng Sam and Director
of Patents, 115 SCRA 495 (1982);
7. Marvex Commercial Co., Inc. v. Petra Hawpia and
Co. G.R. 19297 (1966);
8. Etepha A.G. v. Director of Patents, 16 SCRA 495,
(1966);
9. Mighty Corp. v. E & J Gallo, 434 SCRA 473 (2004);
10. Lyceum of the Philippines, Inc. v. Court of Appeals,
G.R. 101897, (1993);
11. Societe Des Produits Nestle v. Courts of Appeals,
G.R, 112012 (2001);
12. Asia Brewery v. Court of Appeals, G.R. 103543,
(1993);
13. Ang v. Teodoro, G.R. 48226, (1942);
14. Tanduay Distillers, Inc. v. Ginebra San Miguel, G.R.
164324, (2009);
15. Shang Properties Realty v. St. Francis
Development Corp. , 730 SCRA 275, (2014);
16. McDonald’s Corporation v. L.C. Big Mak Burger,
Inc. G.R. No. 143993, (2004);
17. McDonals’s Corp. vs. MacJoy Fastfood Corp. G.R.
166115, (2007);
18. Del Monte Corp. v. CA, GR 78325, (1990);
19. Fruit of the Loom v. CA, GR 32747, (2004);
20. Berries Agricultural Co. Inc. v. Norvy Abyadang, GR
183404 (2010);
21. 246 Corporation v. Daway, GR 157216, (2003);

/JPD