Rule of action

System of Uniformity

I.

LEGAL
a. State

II.

NON LEGAL
a. Divine
b. Natural
c. Moral
d. Physical

Rule of conduct

Obligatory

Promulgated by legitimate authority

Of common observance and benefit

meeting of minds

I.

Preparation (conception)

II.

Perfection (birth)

III.

Consummation (termination)

I.

ESSENTIAL
a. Consent (agreement)
b. Subject matter
c. Cause or consideration

II.

NATURAL

III.

ACCIDENTAL

I.

COPYRIGHT

II.

PATENT

III.

TRADEMARKS, TRADENAMES and

SERVICE MARKS

An intangible incorporeal right to certain

literary, scholarly, scientific and artistic
productions granted by statute to the
author or creator of the work and giving
him, his heirs and other assigns the
exclusive and sole privilege to . . .

I.

Print, reprint, publish, copy, distribute

and photo-reproduce the work

II.

Translate, arrange, adapt, and convert

the work from dramatic to non-dramatic
and vice-versa

III.

Exhibit, perform, represent, produce or

reproduce the work for profit

IV.

Make any other use or disposition of it

a. books, manuscripts, directories, gazettes

b. periodicals
c.
lectures and sermons
d.
letters
e.
dramatic compositions and choreographic
works
f.
musical compositions
g.
works of drawing, painting, architecture,
sculpture and other works of art
h.
reproductions of works of art

i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.

q.

ornamental designs
maps, sketches, plans and charts
drawings or plastic works
photographic works
cinematographic works
computer programs
prints, labels, tags and copies, box wraps
dramatizations, translations of literary,
musical, artistic works or works of the
government
collections of literary, scholarly or artistic
work

a.

work of any government officer or employee

as part of his regularly prescribed duties

b.

statutes, rules and regulations of

government offices and decisions rendered
by courts

c. reports of media by current events

a.

b.

c.

lasts from the moment of the creation of the

work and up to a period of 50 years after the
death of the author or last surviving co author
if the work is anonymous, the protection shall
last 50 years after publication
performers works (actors, singers, musicians,
dancers, etc.), products of sound recordings &
broadcasting stations are protected for 20 years
counted from the end of the performance year,
recording or broadcast

An exclusive right acquired over an

invention to sell, use and make the same
whether for commerce or industry.

i.

it is new; it must possess novelty,

originality and precedence

ii.

it consists of a useful machine,

manufactured product or substance or
process or improvement

i.

immoral or against public policy

ii.

mere ideas or abstract theorems

iii.

process not directed to making or

improving a commercial product

17 years from the date of issuance from the

Bureau of Patents

Trademark word, name, design symbol, etc.

used by a manufacturer or merchant on his
goods to identify and distinguish them from
those sold or manufactured by others
Tradename name, device or word used by a
manufacturer, industrialist, or merchant to
identify his business, vocation or occupation
from that of others
Service mark mark used in the sale or
advertising of services to identify the services
of one person and distinguish them from the
services of others

i.

owner actually using the mark or name

ii.

long continuous user

iii.

prior and first user

iv.

alien owners

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.

immoral, deceptive and scandalous

bearing the Phil. flag and coat of arms
names of living persons and names of
deceased Phil. presidents
similar to the registered mark of another
deceptive or consists of geographical names

COPYRIG PATEN TRADEMA

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Subject literary,
Matter scholarly,
scientific
or artistic
work

new
and
useful
inventi
ons

goods
manufactu
red or
produced

COPYRIG PATEN TRADEM

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Where Bureau of Bureau Bureau
Reserve National
of
of
d
Libraries Patents Patents
Duration up to 50
yrs. after
the
authors
death

17 yrs. 20 yrs.

An act providing for a more

responsive & comprehensive
regulation for the registration,
licensing, and practice of
PROFESSIONAL ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERS, ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERS & ELECTRONICS
TECHNICIANS, repealing RA 5734...

Sec 1: Title ELECTRONICS

ENGINEERING LAW of
2004
Sec 2: Statement of Policy
Sec 3: Definition &
Interpretation of Terms

(a) Electronics - the science dealing

with the development and application of
devices and systems involving the flow of
electrons or other carriers of electric
charge, in a vacuum, in gaseous media, in
plasma, in semiconductors, in solid-state
and/or in similar devices, including, but not
limited to, applications involving optical,
electromagnetic and other energy forms when
transduced or converted into electronic
signals.

(b) Professional Electronics

Engineer - a person who is qualified to

hold himself/herself out as a duly

registered/licensed Professional Electronics
Engineer under this Act and to affix to his/her
name the letters "PECE".

(c) Electronics Engineer - a

person who is qualified to hold himself/herself

out
as a duly registered/licensed Electronics
Engineer under this Act and to affix to
his/her name the letters "ECE".

(d) Electronics Technician - a

person who is qualified to hold
himself/herself
out as a duly registered/licensed Electronics
Technician under this Act and to affix to
his/her name the letters "ECT".

(e) Electronics and

Communications Engineer - a
person who is qualified to
hold himself/herself out as a dulyregistered/licensed Electronics and
Communications Engineer under Republic Act
No. 5734.

(f) Computer any of a variety of

electronic devices that is capable of

accepting data, programs and/or instructions,
executing the programs and/or
instructions to process the data and presenting
the results.

(g) Information and

Communications Technology
- the acquisition, production, transformation,

storage and transmission/reception of data and

information by electronic means in forms such
as vocal, pictorial, text, numeric or
the likes; also refers to the theoretical & practical
applications & processes utilizing
such data and information.

(h) Communications - the

process of sending and/or receiving
information,
data, signals and/or messages between two
(2) or more points by radio, cable, optical
wave guides or other devices and wired or
wireless medium

(i) Telecommunications - any

transmission, emission or reception of voice,

data, electronic messages, text, written or
printed matter, fixed or moving pictures or
images, words, music or visible or audible signals
or sounds, or any information,
intelligence and/or control signals of any
design/format and for any purpose, by wire,
radio, spectral, visual/optical/light, or other
electronic, electromagnetic and
technological means.

(j) Broadcast, Broadcasting an undertaking the object of which is to

transmit
audio, video, text, images or other signals or
messages for reception of a broad
audience in a geographical area via wired or
wireless means.
(k) Industrial Plant - includes all
manufacturing establishments and other
business endeavors where electronic or
electronically-controlled machinery or
equipment are installed and/or are being used,
sold, maintained, assembled,
manufactured or operated.

(l) Commercial Establishment

- shall include but not be limited to office
buildings, hotels, motels, hospitals,
condominiums, stores, apartments,
supermarkets, schools, studios, stadia, parking
areas, memorial chapels/parks, watercraft &
aircraft used for business or profit, and any
other building/s or area/s for business
purposes,
where electronic or electronically-controlled
machinery or equipment are installed
and/or are being used, sold, maintained,
assembled, manufactured or operated.

(m) Consulting Services - as

used in this Act, shall include services
requiring
adequate technical expertise, experience and
professional capability in undertaking
advisory and review, pre-investment or
feasibility studies, design, planning,
construction, supervision, management and
related services, and other technical
studies or special studies in the field of
electronics engineering.

(n) Accredited Professional

Organization - the integrated and
accredited
national organization of Professional
Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers
and Electronics Technicians.

Sec 4: Categories of Practice

(a)

Professional Electronics Engineer (PECE)

(b) Electronics Engineer (ECE)

(c) Electronics Technician (ECT)

Sec 5: Nature & Scope of Practice of Electronics

Engineering and Electronics Technician
Professions
(a) Electronics Engineer - investigation,
analysis, synthesis, planning, design,
specification, research and development,
provision, procurement, marketing and sales,
manufacture and production, construction and
installation, tests/measurements/control,
operation, repair, servicing, technical support
and maintenance of electronic components,
devices, products, apparatus, instruments,
equipment, systems, networks, operations and
processes in the fields of electronics,

including communications and/or

telecommunications, information and
communications technology (ICT), computers
and their networking and
hardware/firmware/software development and
applications, broadcast/broadcasting,
cable and wireless television, consumer and
industrial electronics, electrooptics/
photonics/opto-electronics, electro-magnetics,
avionics, aerospace,
navigational and military applications, medical
electronics, robotics, cybernetics,
biometrics and all other related and convergent
fields;

it also includes the

administration, management, supervision and
regulatory aspects of such works and
activities; similarly included are those teaching
and training activities which develop
the ability to use electronic engineering
fundamentals and related advanced
knowledge in electronics engineering, including
lecturing and teaching of technical
and professional subjects given in the
electronics engineering and electronics
technician curriculum and licensure
examinations.

(b) Professional Electronics Engineer embrace and consist of all of the above plus
the sole authority to provide
consulting services as defined in this Act and
to sign and seal electronics plans,
drawings, permit applications, specifications,
reports and other technical documents
prepared by himself/herself and/or under his
direct supervision.

(c) Electronics Technician profession embrace and consist of any non-engineering

work or activity relating to the installation,
construction, operation, control, tests and
measurements, diagnosis, repair and
maintenance, manufacture and production,
sales and marketing of any electronic
component/s, device/s, products, apparatus,
instruments, equipment, system/s, network/s,
operations and processes located on land,
watercraft, aircraft, industrial plants or
commercial establishments, including the
teaching and training of technical and
professional subjects given in the electronics
technician curriculum and licensure exams.