Professional Documents
Culture Documents
a. Voluntary
b. Compulsory
10. Assignment and Transmission of Rights
C. Trademarks
1. Definition of Marks, Collective Marks, Trade Names
2. Acquisition of Ownership of Mark
3. Acquisition of Ownership of Trade Name
4. Non-Registrable Marks
5. Prior Use of Mark as a Requirement
6. Tests to Determine Confusing Similarity between Marks
a. Dominancy Test
b. Holistic Test
7. Well-Known Marks
8. Rights Conferred by Registration
9. Use by Third Parties of Names, etc. Similar to Registered Mark
10. Infringement and Remedies
a. Trademark Infringement
b. Damages
2014 Bar Examination Coverage 16 Mercantile Law
c. Requirement of Notice
11. Unfair Competition
12. Trade Names or Business Names
13. Collective Marks
D. Copyrights
1. Basic Principles, Sections 172.2, 175 and 181
2. Copyrightable Works
a. Original Works
b. Derivative Works
3. Non-Copyrightable Works
4. Rights of Copyright Owner
5. Rules on Ownership of Copyright
6. Limitations on Copyright
a. Doctrine of Fair Use
b. Copyright Infringement
E. Rules of Procedure for Intellectual Property Rights Cases (A.M. No. 10-3-10SC)Intellectual Property Law Course Outline
Course Syllabus For Intellectual Property Law Based on 2012 Supreme Court Bar
Examination Syllabus
1. Intellectual Property Rights in general (Sec. 1-4, Rep. Act No. 8293)
Case:
a. Mighty Corporation and La Campana Fabrica de Tobaco, Inc. v. E. & J. Gallo Winery
and Andersons Group, Inc., G.R. No. 154342, July 14, 2004
Case:
a. Pearl & Dean (Phil.) Inc. v. Shoemart, Inc. and North Edsa Marketing Inc., G.R. No.
148222, August 15, 2003
b. Elidad C. Kho, doing business under the name and style of KEC Cosmetics
Laboratory v. Hon. Court of Appeals, Summerville General Merchandising and
Company, and Ang Tiam Chay, G.R. No. 115758, March 19, 2002
Add: The Intellectual Property Office (Sec. 6-19, Rep. Act No. 8293)
Republic Act No. 10055 and 10372
Case:
a. In-N-Out Burger, Inc., v. Sehwani, Incorporated and/or Benitas Frites, Inc., G.R.
No. 179127, December 24, 2008
b. Phil Pharmawealth, Inc., v. Pfizer, Inc. and Pfizer (Phil.) Inc., G.R. No. 167715,
November 17, 2010
a. Patentable inventions
Case:
a. Phil Pharmawealth, Inc., v. Pfizer, Inc. and Pfizer (Phil.) Inc., G.R. No. 167715,
November 17, 2010
h. Patent infringement
Case:
a. Smith Kline Beckman Corp. v. Court of Appeals and Tryco Pharma, G.R. No.
126627, August 14, 2003
i. Licensing
(1) Voluntary
(2) Compulsory
Case:
b. Berris Agricultural Co., Inc. v. Norby Abyadang, G.R. No. 183404, October 13,
2010
Case:
a. Coffee Partners, Inc. v. San Francisco Coffee and Roastery, Inc, G.R. No. 169504,
March 3, 2010
Case:
a. Fredco Manufacturing Corp. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, G.R. No.
185917, June 1, 2011
b. Ana Ang v. Toribio Teodoro, G.R. No. L-48226, December 14, 1942
c. McDonalds Corporation v. L.C. Big Mac Burger, Inc. G.R. No. 14399
d. McDonalds Corporation v. MacJoy Fastfood Corp., G.R. No. 166115, February 2,
2007
e. Lyceum of the Philippines v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 101897, March 5, 1993
Case:
a. Del Monte Corp. v. Court of Appeals, G. R. No. L-78325, January 25, 1990
b. Asia Brewery, Inc. v. Court of Appeals and San Miguel Corporation, G.R. No.
103543, July 5, 1993
c. Berries Agricultural Co., Inc. v. Norvy Abyadang, G.R. No. 183404, October 13,
2010
d. Prosource International, Inc., v. Horphag Research Management SA, G.R. No.
180073, November 25, 2009
Case:
1. 246 Corporation v. Hon. Reynaldo B. Daway, G.R. No. 157216, G.R. No. 157216,
November 20, 2003
Case:
a. Basic principles
b. Copyrightable works
Case:
Case:
(a) Remedies
(b) Criminal penalties (Sec. 217)
Add: Moral Rights (Sec. 193 199)