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    ULS College of Law

    SYLLABUS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW


    2020

    A. Intellectual property rights in general


    1. Intellectual property rights
    2. Differences between copyright, trademarks, and patents
    3. Technology transfer arrangement
    B. Patents
    1. Patentable invention
    2. Non-patentable invention
    3. Ownership of a patent
    a. Right to a patent
    b. First-to-file rule
    c. Invention created pursuant to a commission
    d. Right of priority
    4. Grounds for cancellation of a patent
    5. Remedy of the true and actual inventor
    6. Rights conferred by a patent
    7. Limitations of patent rights
    a. Prior user
    b. Use by the government
    8. Patent infringement
    a. Tests in patent infringement
    i. Literal infringement
    ii. Doctrine of equivalents
    b. Civil and criminal action
    c. Prescriptive period
    d. Defenses in action for infringement
    9. Licensing
    a. Voluntary
    b. Compulsory
    10. Assignment and transmission of rights
    C. Trademarks
    1. Definitions of marks, collective marks, and 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
    c. Idem sonans
    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
    c. Requirement of notice
    d. Penalties
    11. Unfair competition
    12. Registration of marks under the Madrid Protocol
    a. Coverage
    b. Rights conferred
    c. Requirements for registration
    d. Term of protection
    D. Copyright
    1. Basic principles
    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. Fair use
    7. Copyright infringement
    a. Remedies
    b. Criminal penalties
    E. REQUIRED READINGS / REFERENCE MATERIALS

    1. RA 8293, as amended by RA 9150, RA 9502 and RA 10372 –


    Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
    2. RA 623, as amended by RA 5700 – Use of Duly-Stamped and
    Marked Containers
    3. IPOPHL Memorandum No. 011-17 – Philippine Regulations
    Implementing the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement
    Concerning the Intrenational Registration of Marks of 2017

    4. Reference books: 1. Intellectual Property Law, Dennis B. Funa,


    2012 Edition, Central Book Supply, Inc.; 2. Essentials of
    Intellectual Property Law, Ernesto B. Salao, 2019 Edition, Rex
    Book Store.

    5. Cases – TBA.

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