INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY RIGHTS
(IPR)
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Intellectual property refers to creations of the
mind. It can be an invention (patent / utility
model), a design (industrial design), a brand
name (trademark), or a literary and artistic work
(copyright).

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COPYRIGHT
a bundle of exclusive rights extended to an owner of
an original work in the literary, scientific, and artistic
domains. Copyright laws grant authors, artists, and
other creators automatic protection for their literary
and artistic works from the moment of creation and
as such do not require registration for protection.
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 LEGAL BASES OF IPR
R.A. 8293
An Act prescribing the Intellectual Property Code and establishing the Intellectual Property
Office, providing for its powers and functions, and for other purposes

R.A. 165
An Act creating a patent office, prescribing its powers and duties, regulating the issuance of
patents, and appropriating funds therefore

R.A. 166
An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trade-marks, trade-names, and service
marks, defining unfair competition and false marking and providing remedies against the
same, and for other purposes

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 49

Decree on the protection of intellectual property
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REMINDER!

- DO NOT USE COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED BOOKS

- ALWAYS DO PROPER CITATION OF SOURCES
USED
- FOLLOW THE PROPER FORMAT FOR REFERENCING
- APPLY CITATION FOR BOTH TEXTS AND
PICTURES
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