RA 8293 Flashcards
REPUBLIC ACT 8293
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
REPUBLIC ACT 8293 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
An act prescribing the intellectual property code and establishing the intellectual property office, providing for its powers and functions, and for other purposes.
The State recognizes ________________________ is vital to the development of domestic and creative activity, _____________________________________, and ensures market access for our products.
that an effective intellectual and industrial property system; facilitates the transfer of technology, attracts foreign investments
It shall protect and secure the exclusive rights of ________________________________________ to their intellectual property and creations, particularly when beneficial to the people, for such periods as provided in this Act.
scientists, inventors, artists, and other gifted citizens
The use of intellectual property bears a social function. To this end, the State shall promote the ___________________________ and the common good
diffusion of knowledge and information for the promotion of national development and progress
it is also the policy of the State to __________________, trademarks and copyright, to liberalize the registration on the transfer of technology, and to _______________________ in the Philippines.
streamline administrative procedures of registering patents; enhance the enforcement of intellectual property rights
An act creating a patent office, prescribing its powers and duties, regulating the issuance of patents, and appropriating funds therefor
REPUBLIC ACT 165
REPUBLIC ACT 186
- An act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks, trade names, and service marks, defining unfair competition and false marking and providing remedies against the same, and for other purposes
decree on the Protection of Intellectual Property
PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NO. 49 AND 285
PARTS OF REPUBLIC ACT 8293
PART I -The Intellectual Property office
PART II - The Law on Patents
PART IlI -The Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Trade Names
PART IV- The Law on Copyright
PART V - Final Provisions
The agency of the government in charge of the implementation of the intellectual Property Code
intellectual Property Office
lntellectual Property Office which replaced the _____________
Bureau of Payments, Trademarks and Technology Transfer
Six bureaus of IPO
- Bureau of Patents;
- Bureau of Trademarks;
- Bureau of Legal Affairs
- Documentaton, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau;
- Management Information System and EDP Bureau; and
- Administrative. Financial, and Personnel Services Bureau.
A shift was made from the “first-to-invent system” under RA 165 [old law] to __________ under the new law
First-to-file
T or F:
In the case of inventions, the period of the grant was increased from I7 years from grant under the old law to (25 years) from date of filing under the new law.
F: 21 years
a right granted to an inventor that excludes others from making, selling, or using the invention for a period of time. Encorages unique and useful inventions.
PATENT
IMPORTANT bacause it safeguards/protects invention up to 20 YEARS.
PATENT
RULE 200. PATENTABLE INVENTIONS - SEC. 21, IP Code
any technical solution which is new, involves innovative step, and industrially applicable are PATENTABLE
What can be patented?
▪ Discoveries of existing materials/substances
▪ Scientific Theories
▪ Flora and Fauna other than microorganisms
▪ Schemes, rules, or methods
▪ Non-/Diagnostic treatment methods
▪ Commecial exploitation inventions
RULE 201. STATUTORY CLASSES OF PATENTABLE INVENTIONS
may relate to:
- a product, machine, or device
- matter composition
- microorganism
- process/method of manufacturing
- computer-related inventions
- improvement of any of the foregoing
Invention not new if it is part of a prior art (SEC. 23, IP CODE)
RULE 203. NOVELTY
RULE 204. EQUIVALENTS
- Strict Identity testing for assessing novelty
EQUIVALENTS ARE ONLY CONSIDERED IN ASSESSING ____________
INVENTIVE STEP
disclosure of information contained in the application during the 12 MONTHS preceding the filing date or the priority date of the application shall not prejudice the applicant on the ground of lack of novelty if such disclosure was made by the inventor, a patent office, or a third party
RULE 205. NON-PREJUDICIAL DISCLOSURE
- Invention has an inventive step if it is not obvious to a “person skilled in the art” at the time of the filing date or priority date of the application claiming the invention (Sec. 26, IP Code)
RULE 206. INVENTIVE STEP