Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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I. Introduction
A. Constitution
1. Sec. 13 Art 14
2. Sec. 19 Art 12
3. Sec. 6 Art 12
C. Paris Convention
1. Articles 1-3
2. Articles 4 – 4ibis
3. Article 6 and Article 6quinquies
4. Article 10ibis (1)
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5. Article 10ter
6. Article 12
E. WIPO
F. Madrid Protocol
1. Preamble
2. Article 2-3
A. Patent
B. Trademark
C. Copyright
D. Trade Secrets
V. How does it arise? How do you know when you have something
protectable
A. Trademark
2. Trademark Searches
3. Registrability Assessment
a. Priority Date
b. Similar Marks
c. Degree of Similarity
d. Relatedness of Goods and Services
e. Channels of Trade
f. Zone of Reasonable Expansion
g. Crowded Field
h. Derivative Marks
4. Term of Protection
5. Renewal of Registration –
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a. Term of Protection
b. Renewability
c. Requirement of Use
a. Effect of Registration
b. Undertaking to Change Name
c. Action to Compel Change of Name
a. Term
b. Renewability
c. Requirement of Use
9. Maintenance of registration
a. Unfair Competition
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c. Infringement Protection of Trade Names without Registration –
Requirement of Use
16. Infringement
17. Confusion
a. Degree of Confusion
b. Tests for Confusion – Dominancy v Holistic test
c. Point sale confusion and Post-sale confusion
d. Initial Interest Confusion
18.Protection despite the absence of confusion – Dilution
20.Parallel Importation
B. Patent
1. Elements of Patentability
Novelty
Anticipation
Obviousness
Inventive Step
Commercial Application
2. Prior Arts Search
3. Substantive Examination
4. Divisibility
5. Dependence of Claims
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6. Term of Protection
7. Renewability
8. Maintenance of Letters Patent
Annual Fee
9. Cancellation of Letters Patent
10. Infringement of Patent
C. Copyright
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Audiovisual works and cinematographic works and works
produced by a process analogous to cinematography or any
process for making audio-visual recordings;
Pictorial illustrations and advertisements;
Computer programs; and
Other literary, scholarly, scientific and artistic works.
3. Registration and Deposit of works
Not required for enjoyment and exercise of rights;
Only for completion of records of National Library &
Supreme Court;
4. Derivative Works
a. Refers to translations, adaptations and other alterations of
original works
i. Derived from original works;
ii. Significant additions; and
iii. Without prejudice to the right of the author of the
original work;
b. Protected Derivative Works
Dramatizations;
Translations;
Adaptations;
Abridgments;
Arrangements;
Other alterations
5. Economic Rights
6. Moral Rights
7. Neighboring Rights
8. Fair Use
D. Trade Secrets
Sources:
Laws
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3. REPUBLIC ACT 9502
4. Trips Agreement
5. Paris Convention
6. Madrid Protocol
7. Berne Convention
9. Act 3883
13. PD902A
Jurisprudence
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6. Elidad Kho v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 116758, March 19, 2002.
i. Rubber Tire Wheel Co. v. Goodyear Co., 232 U.S. 413 (1914)
i. Feist Pubs., Inc. V. Rural Tel. SVC. Co., INC., 499 U. S. 340
(1991)
14. Sehwani, Inc. v. In-N-Out Burger, Inc., G.R. 171053, October 15,
2007
17. McDonald’s Corp. v. L.C. Big Mak Burger, Inc, G.R. No. 143993,
August 18, 2004.
18. Levi Strauss (Phil.), Inc. v. Tony Lim, G.R. No. 162311, December
4, 2008.
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20. Asia Brewery, Inc v. Court of Appeals and San Miguel Corporation,
G.R. No. 103543, July 5, 1993.
27. Mobil Oil Corp. v. Pegasus Petroleum Corp., 818 F.2d 254 (2d Cir.
1987).
28. Coffee Partners, Inc. v. San Francisco Coffee & Roastery, G.R.
169504, March 3, 2010.
30. Pedro Laktaw Serrano vs. Mamerto Paglinawan, G.R. No. L-11937, April
1, 1918
32. Mauro Malang Santos vs. Mc McCullough Printing Company, G.R. No. L-
19439, October 31, 1964
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34. 20th Century Fox Film Corporation vs. Court Of Appeals, G.R. Nos.
76649-51 August 19, 1988
36. Columbia Pictures, Inc., Orion Pictures Corp., Paramount Pictures Corp.
vs. Hon. Court Of Appeals, G.R. No. 96597-99, October 6, 1994.
38. Columbia Pictures, Inc. vs. Court Of Appeals, G.R. No. 110318, August
28, 1996.
39. Pacita I. Habana vs. Felicidad C. Robles, G.R. No. 131522, July 19, 1999.
40. Francisco G. Joaquin, Jr. vs. Honorable Franklin Drilon, G.R. No.
108946, January 28, 1999.
41. Manly Sportwear Manufacturing, Inc. vs. Dadodette Enterprises, G.R. No.
165306, September 20, 2005.
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