INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

PROF. NELIA A. RAULE-LUMANOG

Second Semester 2012-2013
I.

OVERVIEW
Reference Materials:
Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
Bently & Sherman, Intellectual Property Law (4th Ed)
Ng-Loy Wee Loon, Law of Intellectual Property (2nd Ed)

A. What is Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Code, sec. 4

Convention Establishing the World International Property Organization
(WIPO)
Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS)
[Sections 1-7, Part II]

B. Justification for Protection of IPRs (for reference)

Michael Spence, Chap 2 in Intellectual Property (Clarendon Law Series)
Stephen Breyer, The Uneasy Case for Copyright (1970) 84 Harvard Law Review
281
Yoshiyuki Tamura, Rethinking Copyright Institution for the Digital Age [2009]
WIPO Journal 63
Justin Hughes, The Philosophy of Intellectual Property, 77 Geo. L.J. 287
(1988)
Kenneth W. Dam, The Economic Underpinnings of Patent Law, 23 J. of Legal
Studies 247 (1994)

C. Principal IPRs

Copyright and Related Rights

Trademarks/Trade Names and Service Marks
Patents
Confidential Information/Trade Secrets

Kho v. Court of Appeals, 379 SCRA 410 (2002)

(will not discuss specifics on Biotechnology/software and cyber)
D. Infringement: Civil and Criminal Liabilities
IPC, s. 216,217, 226 / s. 155,156, 170/ s. 76-84

E. CIVIL CODE
Article 712
Articles 721-724
Articles 520-522
F. CONSTITUTION
Article XII, Section 6
Article XII, Section 14
Article XIV, Sections 10-18
G. INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION
1.

Multilateral/International Agreements
Primary

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

(Brussels Act)
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property Rights (Paris
Convention)
Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS/
Part of the WTO)

Others (for reference)

2.

General Principles and objectives of the international agreements

II.

International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers

of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Rome Convention)
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of
Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
Patent Cooperation Treaty
Madrid Protocol
WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty

independent national rights

minimum standards in all member states
principle of national treatment
convention priority

COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS

A.

Legislative History
1.

Spanish Law on Intellectual Property of 1879

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3.
4.
5.

U.S. Copyright Law

Act 3134 (Copyright Law)
Presidential Decree No. 49 (took effect on 27 December 1972)
Presidential Decree No. 1988 (amended PD 49 by inserting
Section 56)
Intellectual Property Code (took effect on 01 January 1998)

6.
B.

Law on Copyright
1.

What is CR
Section 177, IPC
Rules 2, 11 & 12

2.

Connecting Factors under IPC

Types of copyright materials

Section 172.1, IPC
Section 172.2, IPC
Ching Kian Chuan v. CA, 363 SCRA 142 (2001)
Sambar v. Levi Strauss, 378 SCRA 364 (2002)

Vesting of right
Santos v. McCullough Printing Co., 12 SCRA 321 (1964)
Filipino Society of Composers v. Benjamin Tan, 148 SCRA
461 (1987)
Section 172 and 172.2, IPC
Rule 7, Sections 2-4, Copyright Safeguards and Regulations

Scope of Copyright
Article 2, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literacy and
Artistic Works
Sections 172, 172.2, 173, 173.2, 174, IPC
Section 175, IPC
Section 176, IPC
Joaquin v. Drilon, 302 SCRA 225 (1999)
United Feature Syndicate v. Munsingwear, 179 SCRA 260

(1989)
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Service Co., 499 U.S. 340

Owner of CR
Sec. 178 (and its subparagraphs), Sec. 179, Sec. 174, IPC
Article 722 and 723, Civil Code
Article 520 of the Civil Code
Anonymous Works

Duration of Protection
Articles 7 and 7bis, Berne Convention for the Protection of
Literary and Artistic Works
Sec. 213 (and its subparagraphs), Sec. 214, IPC

Limitations on Copyright

Sections 176 (and its subparagraphs), 171.11, 184, 185, 186,

187, 188, IPC
Sec. 189, IPC
Sec. 190, IPC
Rule 14, Copyright Safeguards and Regulations
Filipino Society of Composers v. Benjamin Tan, 148 SCRA
461 (1987)
Philippine Education Co. v. Sotto, 52 Phil. 580
Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417, 104 S.
Ct. 774, 78 L. Ed. 2d. 574
Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises, 471 U.S. 539, 105 S.
Ct. 2218, 85 L. Ed. 2d 588.
Ann Bartow, Educational Fair Use in Copyright: Reclaiming the
Right to Photocopy Freely, 60 University of Pittsburg Law
Review, 149 (1998)
In The Matter Of The Charges Of Plagiarism, Etc., Against
Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo, A.M. No. 10-717-SC. October 12, 2010.
In The Matter Of The Charges Of Plagiarism, Etc., Against
Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo, A.M. No. 10-717-SC. February 8, 2011.

Transfer and Assignment of Right

Sections 180 (and its subparagraphs), 181, 182, 183, IPC
Section 4.2 in relation to Sections 87 and 88, IPC
Section 92, IPC
Section 237, IPC

Deposit and Notice

Sections 191-192, IPC
Sections 227-229, IPC
Rule 5, Copyright Safeguards and Regulations

Infringement
a.
Definition
b.
Remedies
Sections 221-224, IPC
Sec. 3, IPC
Sec. 10.2, IPC
Sections. 216-220, IPC
Sections 225-226, IPC
Sec. 231, IPC
Rule on Search and Seizure in Civil Actions for
Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights (A.M. No. 02-106-SC)
Rules of Procedure for Intellectual Property Rights Cases
(A.M. No. 10-3-10-SC) issued on 3 October 2011
20th Century Fox v. CA, 164 SCRA 655 (1988)
Columbia Pictures, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 237 SCRA 367
(1994)
Columbia Pictures v. Court of Appeals, 261 SCRA 144
(1996)
People v. Ramos, 83 SCRA 1 (1978)
Serrano Laktaw v. Paglinawan, 44 Phil. 855

Habana v. Robles, 310 SCRA 511 (1999)

Joaquin v. Drilon, 302 SCRA 225 (1999)
Pearl & Dean v. Shoemart, 409 SCRA 231 (2003)
F. Other Related Rights
1.

Moral Rights
Article 6bis, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary
and Artistic Works
Sections 193-199, IPC

2.

Right to Proceeds in Subsequent Transfers (Droit De Suite or

Follow Up Rights)
Sections 200-201, IPC

Neighboring Rights(entrepreneurial rights?)

Sec. 202, IPC
Sec. 212, IPC
a.
Rights of Performers
Sections 203-207, IPC
Sec. 215, IPC

See also

b.

Rights of Producers of Sound Recording

Sections 208-210, IPC
Sec. 215, IPC

c.

Rights of Broadcasting Organizations

Sections 211, IPC
Sec. 215.2, IPC
ABS-CBN Broadcasting vs. Philippine Multi-Media
System, G.R. Nos. 175769-70, January 19, 2009.

P.D. No. 285

Sec. 239, IPC