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PROPERTY LAW
(Republic Act No. 8293)
PATENTS
Patentable
Chapter II)
Non-Patentable Inventions (Section
22, Chapter II)
Novelty (Section 23, Chapter II)
Prior Art (Section 24, Chapter II)
Section
21. Patentable
Inventions.
Any
technical solution of a
problem in any field of
human activity which is
new, involves an inventive
step and is industrially
applicable
shall
be
Patentable. It may be, or
may relate to, a product,
or
process,
or
an
improvement of any of the
foregoing.
Section
Discoveries,
scientific
theories
and
mathematical methods;
Schemes, rules and methods of performing
mental acts, playing games or doing business,
and programs for computers;
Methods for treatment of the human or animal
body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic
methods practiced on the human or animal
body. This provision shall not apply to products
and composition for use in any of these
methods;
Plant
TRADEMARKS, SERVICE
MARKS AND TRADENAMES
Mark
"Mark"
Collective
"Trade
Non-Registrability of Marks
(Section 123.1)
Section
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
k)
(l)
(m)
COPYRIGHT
Scope:
1. Original Works
(Section 172, Chapter II, Part IV)
2.
Derivative Works
(Section 173, Chapter III, Part IV)
Section
(d) Letters;
(e) Dramatic or dramatico-musical
compositions; choreographic works or
entertainment in dumb shows;
(f) Musical compositions, with or
without words;
(g) Works of drawing, painting,
architecture, sculpture, engraving,
lithography or other works of art;
models or designs for works of art;
Section
UNPROTECTED WORKS
Unprotected
Subject Matter
of Government
176.2.
176.3.
Section 177. Copyright or Economic Rights. Subject to the provisions of Chapter VIII, copyright
or economic rights shall consist of the exclusive
right to carry out, authorize or prevent the
following acts:
177.1.
177.4.
177.5.
177.6.
177.7.