INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Jay-r C. Ipac1

I. Introduction
1. Civil Code Art. 712, 721-724
2. Different kinds of Intellectual Property

II. Preliminaries

a. Differences between the 3 basic IP rights

1. Kho v. Court of Appeals, GR No. 115758, March 19, 2002
2. Fernando Juan v. Roberto Juan GR No. 221372, August 23 2017

III. IP RIGHTS
Copyright (Part IV, RA No. 8293 as amended by RA No. 10372)

a. Original
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. Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)
4. Chuan v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 130360. August 15, 2001
5. Sambar v. Levi Strauss, G.R. No. 132604. March 6, 2002
6. Manly Sportswear v. Dadodette Enterprises, G.R. No. 165306, September 20,
2005
7. Unilever v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 119280 August 10, 2006

b. Idea v. Expression
1. Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879)
2. Serrano v. Paglinawan, G.R. No. L-11937, April 1, 1918
3. Joaquin v. Drilon, G.R. No. 108946. January 28, 1999
4. Bikram's Yoga College of India v. Evolation Yoga 803 F.3d 1032 (9th Cir. 2015)
5. Republic v Tupaz, G.R. No. 197335, September 07, 2020

c. Art and Utility

1. Mazer v. Stein 347 US 201 (1954)
2. Brandir International v. Cascade Pacific Lumber Co834 F.2d 1142 (1987)
3. Olano v. Eng Co, G .R. No. 195835, March 14 2016
4. Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc., March 22, 2017 (US Supreme
Court)

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d. Versus other rights
1. Pearl and Dean v. Shoemart, G.R. No. 148222, August 15, 2003
2. Ching v. Salinas, G.R. No. 161295, June 29, 2005

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

2. Assignment
a. Bayanihan Music v. BMG Records, G.R. No. 166337, March 7, 2005

3. Joint Work
a. Thomson v. Larson, 147 F.3d 195 (2d Cir. 1998)

4. Government work
a. 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)

f. Limitations of Copyright
1. Rappler v. Bautista, G.R. No. 222702, April 5, 2016
2. Pabillo v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 216098, April 21, 2015

g. Neighboring Rights
1. Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers v. Tan, G.R. No. L-
36402 March 16, 1987
2. United Feature Syndicate v. Munsingwear, G.R. No. 76193 November 9, 1989
3. Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers v. Anrey Inc., G.R. No.
233918. August 9, 2022

h. Fair Use Infringement and

1. Harper & Row v. Nation Enters., 471 U.S. 539 (1985)
2. Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 510 U.S. 569 (1994)
3. Columbia Pictures v. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 96597-99 October 6, 1994
4. Columbia Pictures v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 110318. August 28, 1996
5. Habana v. Robles, G.R. No. 131522, July 19, 1999
6. Microsoft v. Maxicorp, G.R. No. 140946, September 13, 2004
7. NBI Microsoft Corporation v. Hwang, G.R. No. 147043, June 21, 2005
8. ABS-CBN v. Philippine Multi Media, G.R. No. 175769-70, January 19, 2009
9. ABS-CBN v. Gozon, G.R. No. 195956, March 11, 2015
Related laws:
RA No. 9239 Optical Media Act of 2003
RA No. 10088 Anti-Camcording Act of 2010