Syllabus First Semester 2019-2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

San Sebastian Recoletos-College of Law
Atty. Jay-r C. Ipac

I. Introduction
1. Justifications for Intellectual Property (Introduction to Intellectual Property Law,
excerpts from Intellectual Property Law Cases and Materials, Tanya Aplin and
Jennifer Davis, Oxford 3rd ed.)
2. Civil Code Art. 712, 721-724.
3. Different kinds of Intellectual Property

II. IP RIGHTS

4. COPYRIGHT (Part IV, RA No. 8293 as amended by RA No. 10372)

a. Subject matter:
i. Protected Subject Matter
1. Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., 188 U.S. 239, 249
(1903)
2. Serrano v. Paglinawan, G.R. No. L-11937, April 1, 1918
3. Brandir International v. Cascade Pacific Lumber Co834 F.2d
1142 (1987)
4. Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499
U.S. 340 (1991)
5. Chuan v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 130360. August 15, 2001
6. Sambar v. Levi Strauss, G.R. No. 132604. March 6, 2002
7. Ching v. Salinas, G.R. No. 161295, June 29, 2005
8. Manly Sportswear v. Dadodette Enterprises, G.R. No. 165306,
September 20, 2005
9. Unilever v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 119280 August 10, 2006
10. The College Of Charleston Foundation v. Ham, C.A. No.:
2:07-CV-3264-PMD, January 24, 2008
11. Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc., March 22, 2017
(US Supreme Court)

ii. IDEA v. Expression

1. Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879)
2. Joaquin v. Drilon, G.R. No. 108946. January 28, 1999
3. Bikram's Yoga College of India v. Evolation Yoga 803 F.3d 1032
(9th Cir. 2015)

b. Ownership
i. Derivative Works
1. Alva Studio v. Winninger, 177 F. Supp. 265 (S.D.N.Y. 1959)
2. Toksvig v. Bruce Publishing, 181 F.2d 664 (7th Cir. 1950)
3. Nichols v. Universal Picture, 45 F.2d 119 (2d Cir. 1930)
4. Kalem Co. v. Harper Bros., 222 U.S. 55 (1911)

ii. Assignment
1. Bayanihan Music v. BMG Records, G.R. No. 166337, March 7,
2005

iii. Joint Work

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1. Thomson v. Larson, 147 F.3d 195 (2d Cir. 1998)

iv. Government work

1. In The Matter Of The Charges Of Plagiarism, Etc., Against
Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo, A.M. No. 10-7-17-Sc,
February 8, 2011 (See Dissenting Opinion of Justice Carpio)

c. Limitations of Copyright
i. Rappler v. Bautista, G.R. No. 222702, April 5, 2016
ii. Pabillo v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 216098, April 21, 2015

d. Neighboring Rights
i. Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers v. Tan, G.R.
No. L-36402 March 16, 1987
ii. United Feature Syndicate v. Munsingwear, G.R. No. 76193 November
9, 1989

e. Infringement (See also Section 33, RA No. 8792) and Fair Use
i. Columbia Pictures v. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 96597-99 October 6,
1994
ii. Columbia Pictures v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 110318. August 28,
1996
iii. Habana v. Robles, G.R. No. 131522, July 19, 1999
iv. Pearl and Dean v. Shoemart, G.R. No. 148222, August 15, 2003
v. Microsoft v. Maxicorp, G.R. No. 140946, September 13, 2004
vi. NBI Microsoft Corporation v. Hwang, G.R. No. 147043, June 21, 2005
vii. ABS-CBN v. Philippine Multi Media, G.R. No. 175769-70, January 19,
2009
viii. ABS-CBN v. Gozon, G.R. No. 195956, March 11, 2015
ix. Olano v. Eng Co, G .R. No. 195835, March 14 2016

f. Special cases
i. Music
1. A & M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (2001)
2. MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005)

ii. Books
1. Harper & Row v. Nation Enters., 471 U.S. 539 (1985)
2. Authors’ Guild v. Google, Docket No. 13-4829-cv, Decided:
October 16, 2015

iii. Photographs
1. The Bridgeman Art Library, Ltd vs Corel Corporation, 36 F.
Supp. 2d 191 United States District Court, Southern District of
New York, 1999
2. Temple Island Collections Limited Claimant vs. New English
Teas Limited Aand Nicholas John Houghton Case, No: 1 CL
70031. (UK)

g. Related laws:
i. RA No. 9239
ii. RA No. 9502 (Section 5 to 16)
iii. RA No. 9995
iv. RA No. 10088
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5. PATENT
h. Subject Matter
i. Patentability
i. Novelty
1. Frank v. Kosuyama, G.R. No. L-38010, December 21, 1933
2. Vargas v. FM Yaptico, G.R. No. 14101, September 24, 1919
ii. Invention
iii. Industrial applicability

j. Term of Patent
i. Phil Pharmawealth v. Pfizer, G.R. No. 167715 November 17, 2010

k. Ownership
i. EI Dupont v. Director Francisco, G.R. No. 174379, August 31, 2016

l. Voluntary Licensing

m. Compulsory Licensing
i. Smith Kline and French v. Court of Appeals, 1997 and 2001

n. Rights of Patentees and Infringement

i. Gsell v. Yap-jue, G.R. No. L-4720, January 19, 1909
ii. Godines v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 97343 September 13, 1993
iii. Del Rosario v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 115106 March 15, 1996
iv. Creser Precision Systems v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 118708,
February 2, 1998
v. Pearl and Dean v. Shoemart, G.R. No. 148222, August 15, 2003
vi. Smith Kline Beckman v. Court of Appeals, 2003

o. Related laws:
i. RA 10055

6. TRADEMARK
p. Subject Matter
i. Protectible or not
1. Arce Sons and Company v. Selecta Biscuits, G.R. No. L-14761,
January 28, 1961
2. Dela Rama Steamship v. National Development Company,
G.R. No. L-26966 October 30, 1970
3. Romero v. Maiden Form Brassiere, G.R. No. L-18289, March
31, 1964
4. Mc Donald’s v. LC Big Mak, G.R. No. 143993, August 18, 2004
5. Mc Donald’s v. Macjoy Fastfood Corporation, G.R. No. 166115,
February 2, 2007

ii. Identical or Confusingly Similar

1. Etepha A.G. v. Director of Patents, G.R. No. L-20635, March
31, 1966
2. Esso Standard v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. L-29971, August
31, 1982
3. Pag-Asa Industrial v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. L-54158,
August 31, 1984
4. Fruit of the Loom v. CA, 1984

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5. Emerald Garment v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 100098

December 29, 1995
6. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 120900,
July 20, 2000
7. Societe Des Produits Nestle v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No.
112012, April 4, 2001
8. Shangri-La International Hotel v Court of Appeals, G.R. No.
111580. June 21, 2001
9. Mighty Corporation v. E and J Gallo Winery, G.R. No. 154342,
July 14, 2004
10. Levi Strauss Company v. Clinton Apparel, G.R. No. 138900
September 20, 2005
11. Philip Morris v. Fortune Tobacco, G.R. No. 158589, June 27,
2006
12. Shangri-La v Developers Group of Companies, G.R. No.
159938, March 31, 2006.
13. In-N-Out Burger, Inc. vs. Sehwani, Inc, G.R. No. 179127,
December 24, 2008
14. E.Y. Industrial Sales, Inc Vs. Shen Dar Electricity and
Machinery, G.R. No. 184850, October 20, 2010
15. Skechers, USA v. Inter Pacific Industrial Trading, G.R. No.
164321, November 30, 2006 and G.R. No. 164321 March 23, 2011
16. Great White Shark Enterprises, Inc. v. Caralde, Jr., G.R. No.
192294, November 21, 2012
17. Fredco Manufacturing Corporation v. President and Fellows
of Harvard College, G.R. No. 185917
18. Seri Somboonsakdikul v. Orlane Sa, G.R. No. 188996, February
1, 2017
19. Caterpillar, Inc v. Samson, G.R. No. 205972, November 09,
2016
20. UFC Philippines, Inc. v. Barrio Fiesta Manufacturing
Corporation, G.R. No. 198889, January 20, 2016
21. Wilton Dy and/or Philites Electronic & Lighting
Products, Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., G.R. No.
186088 March 22, 2017

- Relate WITH Corporate Name

 De La Salle Montesorri v. De la Salle Brothers, Inc., G.R. No. 205548,
February 7, 2018)
 GSIS Family Bank - Thrift Bank vs. BPI Family Bank, G.R. NO. 175278,
September 23, 2015

iii. Secondary Meaning

1. Lyceum of the Philippines v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No.
101897. March 5, 1993
2. Shang Properties Realty v St. Francis Development, G.R. No.
190706, July 21, 2014

iv. Well-known mark

1. Mirpuri v. Court of Appeals, 1999
2. Great White Shark v. Caralde, G.R. No. 192294, November 21,
2012

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v. Packaging
1. Asia Brewery v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 103543 July 5, 1993

q. Requirement of Registration
i. See Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines v Ochoa,
G.R. No. 204605, July 19, 2016 (See Separate Concurring Opinion,
Brion)

r. Declaration of Actual Use

s. Infringement and Unfair Competition

i. Converse Rubber v. Jacinto Rubber, G.R. Nos. L-27425 & L-30505
April 28, 1980
ii. Levi Strauss v. Vogue Traders, G.R. No. 132993, June 29, 2005
iii. Diaz v. People, G.R. No. 180677, February 18, 2013
iv. Solid Triangle Sales v. Sheriff of RTC, G.R. No. 144309, November 23,
2001

t. Jurisdiction
i. Samson v. Daway, G.R. Nos. 160054-55, July 21, 2004

u. Related Laws:
i. RA No. 10530 (Section 14)
ii. RA 10643

7. TRADENAME
v. Coffee Partners, Inc., V. San Francisco Coffee & Roastery, Inc., G.R. No.
169504, March 3, 2010

8. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

9. UTILITY MODELS
w. Ching v. Salinas, G.R. No. 161295, June 29, 2005

10. TRADE SECRETS

x. Air Philippines v. Penswell, G.R. No. 172835, December 13, 2007.
y. Tiu v. Platinum Plans, G.R. No. 163512, February 28, 2007

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