IPR
DEFINITION.
Patents - A statutory grant which confers to
an inventor or his legal successor, in return
for the disclosure of the invention to the
public, the right for a limited period of time
to exclude others from making, using, selling
or importing the invention within the
territory of the country that grants the
patent.
Trademarks - Any visible sign capable of
distinguishing the goods (trademark) or
services (service mark) of an enterprise. A
trade name is a name or designation
identifying or distinguishing an enterprise.
Copyrights - A right over literary and artistic
works which are original intellectual
creations in the literary and artistic domain
protected from the moment of creation.
Industrial Designs - Any composition of lines
or colors or any three‐dimensional form,
whether or not associated with lines or
colors. Provided that such composition or
form gives a special appearance to and can
serve as pattern for an industrial product or
handicraft.
Technology Transformation - Contracts or
arrangements involving the transfer of
systematic knowledge for the manufacture
of a product, the application of the process,
or rendering a service including
management contracts, and transfer,
assignment or licensing of all forms of
intellectual property rights, including
licensing of computer software except
computer software developed for mass
market.
Utility models. –
State Policy
State policy declaration:
The State recognizes that an effective
intellectual and industrial property system is
vital to the development of domestic and
creative activity, facilitates transfer of
technology, attracts foreign investments,
and ensures market access for our
products. It shall protect and secure the
exclusive rights of scientists, inventors,
artists and other gifted citizens to their
intellectual property and creations,
particularly when beneficial to the people,
for such periods as provided in this Act.
The use of intellectual property bears a
social function. To this end, the State shall
promote the diffusion of knowledge and
information for the promotion of national
development and progress and the common
good.
It is also the policy of the State to streamline
administrative procedures of registering
patents, trademarks and copyright, to
liberalize the registration on the transfer of
technology, and to enhance the
enforcement of intellectual property rights
in the Philippines.
Bureaus related to IPO:

The Bureau of Trademarks
 The Bureau of Legal Affairs
 The Documentation,
Information and Technology Transfer
Bureau
 The Management Information Services
and EDP Bureau
 The Administrative, Financial and Human
Resource
Development Service Bureau
Transpo

1. Transportation Law
2. No answer
3. Common carriers are
persons, corporations,
firms or associations
engaged in the
business of carrying or
transporting
passengers or goods or
both, by land, water, or
air, for compensation,
offering their services
to the public.
4. No answer yet
5. No
6. It is that extreme measure of
care and caution which
persons of unusual prudence
and circumspection use for
securing and preserving their
own property or rights. The
law requires common carriers
to render service with the
greatest skill and utmost
foresight.
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