2-Dimayuga Sira Torayno-Course Summary Slides

Create a set of slides that covers the important concepts in this course, from beginning
to end.
Imagine that you are about to give a lecture on Philippine law on IPRs before an
audience of entrepreneurs who do not know anything about IPRs.
Your presentation runs for about 30 minutes.
Collaborate on this assignment throughout the semester. You may upload your draft
slides without voice 
Upload your final presentation slides with voice annotation.
They will be uploaded in Files for everyone to see.

Channel 2 is the holder of a Certificate of Copyright for Tago Kanta, a game show wherein singers are
covered masks while the contestant will guess who the singers are, according to the voices of the
singers. However, government regulations caused Channel 2 to displace workers. On the other hand,
Mr. Mayaman has long wanted to enter the business of producing television programs. To help the
displaced Channel 2 workers, he hired them for the show, Mascot Singer, with the similar concept as
Tago Kanta and to be broadcasted on Channel 5.

Mr. Mayaman is interested to know whether he can produce the show Mascot Singer, without being
held liable for copyright infringement.

Yes, Mr. Mayaman can produce the show Mascot Singer. Under the IP Code, an idea is not protected by
copyright. The Court held in Joaquin vs. Drilon, G.R. No. 108946 (1999) that the format of a show is not
copyrightable. What is protected are audio-visual recordings.

Mr. Mayaman can produce the show Mascot Singer even if it has a similar concept as Tago Kanta. What
he cannot do is to show the actual episode of Channel 2’s Tago Kanta in Channel 5 because Channel 2
has copyright over Tago Kanta’s audio-visual recordings.

G.R. No. 108946 January 28, 1999

FRANCISCO G. JOAQUIN, JR., and BJ PRODUCTIONS, INC., petitioners,

vs.
HONORABLE FRANKLIN DRILON, GABRIEL ZOSA, WILLIAM ESPOSO, FELIPE MEDINA, JR.,
and CASEY FRANCISCO, respondents.