PATENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Question 1

refers to the propertization of
creations of the mind

Answer 1

Intellectual property

Question 1

It can be an invention (patent / utility model), a
design (industrial design), a brand name (trademark,
or a literary and artistic work (copyright).

Answer 1

Intellectual property

Question 2

exclusive right granted for a new, inventive, &
useful product

Answer 2

patent

Question 3

The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines sets three
conditions for an invention to be deemed patentable

Answer 3

new, involves an inventive step, and industrially applicable

Question 4

any technical solution to a problem in
any field of human activity which is new and
industrially applicable. It may not have an inventive
step

Answer 4

utility model

Question 5

consists of three-dimensional
features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or
of two-dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or
color

Answer 5

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Question 6

word, a group of words, sign, symbol, logo
or a combination thereof that identifies and differentiates
the source of the goods or services of one entity from those
of others

Answer 6

trademark

Question 7

legal protection extended to the owner of
the rights in an original work

Answer 7

copyrights

Question 8

refers to
intellectual creation in the literary, scientific and artistic
domain

Answer 8

original work

Question 9

An Act
prescribing the Intellectual Property Code and establishing the
Intellectual Property Office, providing for its powers and functions,
and for other purposes

Answer 9

REPUBLIC ACT 8293 - THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE

Question 10

An Act creating a patent office,
prescribing its powers and duties, regulating the issuance of patents,
and appropriating funds therefore

Answer 10

REPUBLIC ACT 165 - PATENT LAW

Question 11

An Act to provide for the
registration and protection of trade-marks, trade-names, and
service marks, defining unfair competition and false marking
and providing remedies against the same, and for other
purposes

Answer 11

REPUBLIC ACT 166 - TRADEMARK LAW

Question 12

Decree on the protection of
intellectual property

Answer 12

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 49

Question 13

registers patents in the Philippines
through the Bureau of Patents.

Answer 13

Philippine Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

Question 14

signs used on goods that
have a specific geographical
origin and possess
qualities, a reputation or
characteristics that are
essentially attributable to
that place of origin

Answer 14

GEOGRAPHICAL
INDICATIONS

Question 15

IP rights on confidential
information which may
be sold or licensed

Answer 15

TRADE
SECRETS

Question 16

If two (2) or more persons have made the invention separately
and independently of each other, the right to the patent shall
belong to the person who filed an application for such invention,
or where two or more applications are filed for the same
invention, to the applicant who has the earliest filing date or, the
earliest priority date

Answer 16

First-to-File Rule