Purpose of the law:

It is to encourage artists, scientists and other people to create more creative and artistic
things in the benefit of people and in return, this law will serve as their protection.

Patent

Basic Principles

a. Territorial – patent can only be recognized in the country kung san mo sya ni
register or granted.
b. First to File – kung may kapareho ka invention accidentally, kung sino una mag
file sknya mapupunta yung patent.
c. Disclosure (Quid pro quo) – dapat kapag nag apply ka for patent, ready ka I
disclose buong details since ang kapalit naman is protection mo or ng idea mo.
d. Conditional – dapat mag comply ka sa requirements before you can be
granted with a patent.
e. Limited rights

Patentable inventions:

- Technical solution in a problem, new, inventive step and industrially applicable.

Criteria:
- “Novelty” – Bago sya, dapat yung invention hindi sya available sa public, then
pede ka mag papatent.
- “Inventive Step” – dapat hindi obvious yung solution sa invention mo, dapat
alam mo talaga kung pano sya ginawa hindi lang basta basta.
- “Industrially applicable” – dapat magagamit sya sa isang industry whether music
fashion food etc. dapat may practical purpose sya na may sense.

Note: Not all inventions are patentable. Please refer sa modules yung mga hindi pede
mag grant-an ng patent.

Ownership of Patent:

- Yung patent belongs to the unventor, or heirs and assign, kapag more than one
kayong owner nung idea or item then right to ownerhip ay sainyong dalawa.
However kapag di kayo nagusap tas finile na ng isa sainyo, kung sino padin
yung unang nag files sknya ma ggrant yung patent.

Question, Pwede ba ma transfer yung patent?

- Answer is yes. Pero may requirement. Dapat yung transfer is in written form and
dapat notarized.
Patent Registration:

PROCEDURE APPLICATION

1. Filing of the Application

1. Dapat in English or Filipino
2. Accordance of the filing date
a. Request for the grant
3. Formality examination
of patent
4. Classification and search
b. Description of the
5. Publication of application
invention
6. Substantive examination
c. Drawings is necessary
7. Grant of Patent
for understanding.
8. Publication upon grant
d. One or more claims
9. Issuance of Certificate.
e. Abstract.

NOTE: THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES NA MA CANCEL YUNG PATENT MO OKAY SO WAG KA

PAKAMPANTE.

SECTION 61 IS THE LEGAL BASIS

1. KAHIT SINO pede nya Ipa cancel patent mo, basta magbyad sa ng required fee
and ang reason ay the following:
a. That what is claimed as the invention is not new or patentable
- Sabi ko kanina dapat bago yung idea mo, so kung hindi bago yung invention
mo then cancelledt.
b. That the patent does not disclose the invention in a manner
sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried out by any person
skilled in the art.
- Dapat I disclose mo properly yung invention mo at dapat clear mo sya na
discuss para magamit yung purpose nya ng maayos, kung hindi mo inayos
disclosure mo ekis ka na uli.
c. That the patent is contrary to public order or morality
- Basic, kapag hindi moral, kapag hindi sya kaaya aya, then cancelled.

NOTE: basic claims lang yan pls refer ulit sa module yung procedure requirements etc.
TRADEMARK

- MARK means any visible sign na kapag nakita mo, alam mo agad kung anong
good or service yung logo or pic na iyon. So with this said eto din yung
requirement.
a. It is a visible sign, and capable of distinguishing ones good and services.

Tradeamark – it should be registered. Kasi kung hindi mo ni register, wala kang right
para pigilan ibang tao to use your trademark.

Note: Once ma register mo yung trademark mo then dapat gamitin mo. Kasi if hindi
pede bawiin sayo yung registration.

Duration: 10 years with indefinite renewals.

NOTE: Hindi lahat pede maging registered trademark. See module for reference.

COPYRIGHT

- A right over literary and artistic works which are original intellectual creations
which are protected from the moment of creation. (so eto di mo na need ng
registration, parang etong ginagawa kong notes, copyrighted na to, akin to kasi
gawa ko ito ganon, example lectures, videos ganon)

NOTE: Hindi ulit lahat pede maging copywrited. Refer sa module yung mga exclusions.

Question: Nag eexpire ba ang copyright? Ano mangayayri?

- Yes, nag eexpire and copyright. And once mag expire na yon then pede na
natin gawin kung ano usto naten sa work, sa kanta etc. hahaha

Copyright Infringement – eto is if kapag gumamit tayo ng copyrighted work without the
permission of the owner.

Question: Pano yung kapag gumamit ako kanta ni Skusta Clee, copyright infringement
ba yon? The answer is yes. Kasi nga from the moment na ni record yon si skusta clee,
copywrited na iyon sknya. So unless wala tayong permission sknya, hindi natin yon pede
gamitin. Pero may exemptions naman, if for school purposes, na legit ha kapag
relevant yung kanta nya para sa research paper mo then pede ka ma exempt sa
infringement. May other exemptions pa pls refer sa module.