Ethics (Mid_Q1)

Question 1

[T/F] Everything that is not created by the human hand is not a protected work.

Answer 1

T

Question 2

is the “manifestation of a human expression of thought”.

Answer 2

intellectual creation

Question 3

[T/F] Works excluded from protection are therefore purely natural phenomena (e.g. stones, plants, etc.) or purely machine or computer-generated results.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

[T/F]However, a work can exist when something new is designed from objects such as these (e.g. a painting or a photograph of a plant, or an object designed by human hands with a 3D printer) through human intervention.

Answer 4

T

Question 5

Our civil code provides for different modes of acquiring ownership,

Answer 5

Occupational;
Law;
Donation;
Tradition;
Intellectual Creation;
Prescription and
Succession.

Question 6

is a term used to describe works of the mind—such as art, books, films, formulas, inventions, music, and processes—that are distinct and owned or created by a single person or group. Intellectual property is protected through copyright, patent, and trade secret laws.

Answer 6

Intellectual property

Question 7

[T/F] Such laws can also present potential ethical problems for IT companies and users—for example, some innovators believe that copyrights, patents, and trade secrets stifle creativity by making it harder to build on the ideas of others.

Meanwhile, the owners of intellectual property want to control and receive compensation for the use of their intellectual property.

Answer 7

T

Question 8

[T/F] protecting computer software has proven to be difficult because it has not been well categorized under the law. Software has sometimes been treated as the expression of an idea, which can be protected under copyright law.

Answer 8

T

Question 9

The Intellectual Property Code

Answer 9

(RA 8293)