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Intellectual Property Code, R.A. 8293, As Amended by R.A. 10372 Trade-Related Aspects On Intellectual Property Agreement (Trips Agreement) of The Wto
Intellectual Property Code, R.A. 8293, As Amended by R.A. 10372 Trade-Related Aspects On Intellectual Property Agreement (Trips Agreement) of The Wto
Principal References:
Intellectual Property Code, R.A. 8293, as amended by R.A. 10372
Trade-Related Aspects on Intellectual Property Agreement (TRIPs Agreement) of the WTO
Week 1
I. Introduction
A. The Development of Philippine Copyright Law, Christopher Lim, 46 Ateneo L.J. 369 (2001)
The Landscape of Copyright, Copyright Law by Joyce et. al. (7th Ed. 2006)
C. Intellectual Property and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Articles 17, 19, 27
D. Overview: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Week 2
A. Definition of Copyright
Originality:
Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1884)
Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.188 U.S. 239 (1903)
Alfred Bell & Co. v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc., 191 F.2d 99 (2d Cir. 1951)
Mannion v. Coors Brewing Company, 377 F. Supp. 2d 444 (S.D.N.Y. 2006)
Ching Kian Chuan v. CA, 363 SCRA 142 (2001)
Sambar v. Levi Strauss, 378 SCRA 364 (2002)
Creativity:
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)
Muller & Co. v. New York Arrows Soccer Team Inc., 802 F.2d 989 (8th Cir., 1986)
Meshwerks, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. 528 F.3d 1258 (10th Cir. 2008)
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Week 3
Section 2, PD 49
Article 5(2), Berne Convention for the Protection of Literacy and Artistic Works
Section 172 and 172.2, IPC
Rule 7, Sections 2, Copyright Safeguards and Regulations
D. Scope of Copyright
1. Original works
Article 2, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literacy and Artistic Works
Sections 172, 172.2, 173, 173.2, 174, IPC
Section 175, IPC
Section 176, IPC
Week 4
L. Batlin & Son, Inc. v. Snyder, 536 F.2d 486 (2d Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 857 (1976)
Entertainment Research Group, Inc. v. Genesis Creative Group, Inc., 122 F.3d 1211 (9th Cir. 1997), cert.
denied, 523 U.S. 1021 (1998)
Pickett v. Prince, 207 F.3d 402 (7th Cir. 2000)
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)
Tele-Direct Publications v. American Business Information, 76 C.P.R. (3d) 296, FC Canada (1997)
Telstra v. Phone Directories, F.C.A. 44 (2010)
Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co., 429 F.2d 110 (9th Cir. 1970)
Mason v. Montgomery Data, Inc., 967 F.2d 135 (5th Cir. 1992)
E. Authorship
1. Sole Authorship
Lindsay v.The Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel R.M.S. Titanic, 52 U.S.P.Q.2d 1609 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)
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2. Joint Authorship
Childress v. Taylor
Erickson v. Trinity Theatre, Inc., 13 F.3d 1061 (7th Cir. 1994)
Aalmuhammed v. Lee, 202 F.3d 1227 (9th Cir. 1999)
4. Government Works
F. Duration of Copyright
Articles 7 and 7bis, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Section 213, Section 214, IPC
Week 5
1. "Kitsch" or "Progress"?
Kieselstein-Cord v. Accessories by Pearl, Inc., 632 F.2d 989 (2d Cir. 1980)
Carol Barnhart Inc. v. Economy Cover Corp., 773 F.2d 411 (2d Cir. 1985)
Brandir International, Inc. v. Cascade Pacific Lumber Co., 834 F.2d 1142 (2d Cir. 1987)
B. Computer Software
1. Text or Machine?
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin Computer Corp., 714 F.2d 1240 (3d Cir. 1983), cert. dismissed, 464 U.S.
1033 (1984)
Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc., 982 F.2d 693 (2d Cir. 1992)
Softel, Inc. v. Dragon Medical and Scientific Communications, Inc., 118 F.3d 955 (2d Cir. 1997), cert.
denied, 523 U.S. 1020 (1988)
Lotus Development Corporation v. Borland International, Inc., 49 F.3d 807 (1st Cir. 1995), affirmed by an
equally divided court, 516 U.S. 233 (1996)
EU Software Directive, Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs, 1991 O.J. (L-122) 42 (EU
Software Directive)
C. Architectural Works
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Nelson-Salabes, Inc. v. Morningside Holdings, 2001 WL 419002 (D. Md. 2001), affirmed in part, revised in
part on other grounds, 284 F.3d 505 (4th Cir. 2002)
Intervest Construction, Inc. v. Canterbury Estate Homes, Inc., 554 F.3d 914 (11th Cir. 2008)
Week 6
D. Characters
1. Expression or Idea?
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co., 900 F. Supp. 1287 (C.D. Cal. 1995)
Titan Sports, Inc. v. Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc., 981 F. Supp. 65 (D. Conn. 1997)
Designers Guild Ltd. v. Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd, [2000] 1 W.L.R. 2416 (U.K.: House of Lords)
Anderson v. Stallone, 11 U.S.P.Q.2d 1161
Microstar v. FormGen Inc., 154 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir. 1998)
Suntrust Bank v. Houghton Mifflin Co., 268 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2001)
2. Rights of Publicity
Wendt v. Host Int’l, Inc., 125 F.3d 806, 811 (9th Cir. 1997)
White v. Samsung Elecs. Am., Inc., 971 F.2d 1395 (9th Cir. 1992)
3. Databases
Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Corp. v. Donnelley Information Publishing, Inc., 999 F.2d 1436 (11th
Cir. 1993) (en banc), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 1101 (1994)
CCC Information Services, Inc. v. Maclean Hunter Market Reports, Inc., 44 F.3d 61 (2d Cir. 1994), cert.
denied, 516 U.S. 817 (1995)
b. What Is a "Fact"?
Week 7
F. Literary works
Short phrases
Exxon Corp. v. Exxon Insurance Consultants Ltd, [1982] Ch. 119 (U.K.: High Court and Court of Appeal)
Blank forms
Bibbero Systems Inc. v. Colwell Systems, Inc., 893 F.2d 1104 (U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Cir., 1989)
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Section 191, 192, IPC; Section 227-229, IPC; Rule 5, Copyright Safeguards and Regulations
What Is Publication?
Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc., 194 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 1999)
B. Transfer of Copyright
Sections 180, 181, 182, 183, IPC; Section 4.2 in relation to Sections 87 and 88, IPC
Section 92, IPC; Section 237, IPC
Asset Marketing Systems, Inc. v. Gagnon, 542 F.3d 748 (9th Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 2442 (2009)
New York Times Company v. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483 (2001)
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd. v. The Walt Disney Company, 145 F.3d 481 (2d Cir. 1998)
Random House v. Rosetta Books, LLC, 150 F. Supp. 2d 613 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc., 621 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir., 2010)
Week 9
V. Technological Protections
Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Skylink Tech, Inc., 381 F.3d 1178 (Fed. Cir. 2004), cert. denied, 125 S.Ct. 1669
(2005)
Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc., 387 F.3d 522 (6th Cir. 2005)
IQ Group, Ltd. v. Wiesner Publishing, LLC, 409 F. Supp. 2d 587 (D.N.J. 2006)
Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 77 F. Supp. 2d 1116 (C.D. Cal. 1999)
Remedies
Sections 177; 221-224, IPC; Section 3, IPC; Section 10.2, IPC; Sections 216-220, IPC; Sections 225-226,
IPC; Section 231, IPC; Rule on Search and Seizure in Civil Actions for Infringement of Intellectual Property
Rights (A.M. No. 02-1-06-SC)
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Joaquin v. Drilon, 302 SCRA 225 (1999)
Week 10
Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas, 579 F.Supp. 2d 1210 (D. Minn. 2008)
Bobbs-Merrill Company v. Straus, 210 U.S. 339 (1908)
Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research International, Inc., 523 U.S. 135 (1998)
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, 568 U.S. __ (No. 11-697, March 19, 2013)
2. Public Performance
Columbia Pictures Indus. v. Redd Horne, Inc., 749 F.2d 154 (3d. Cir. 1984)
Cartoon Network LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc., 536 F.3d 121 (2d Cir. 2008)
Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amacon.com, Inc., 508 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2007)
Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. v. Carol Publishing Group, Inc., 150 F.3d 132 (2d Cir. 1998)
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. v. RDR Books, 75 F.Supp. 2d 513 (S.D.N.Y. 2008)
Mirage Editions, Inc. v. Albuquerque A.R.T. Company, 856 F.2d 1341 (9th Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S.
1018 (1989)
Lee v. A.R.T. Company, 125 F.3d 580 (7th Cir. 1997)
Week 11
B. Copying in Fact
Three Boys Music Corp. v. Michael Bolton, 212 F.3d 477 (9th Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 1126 (2001)
Selle v. Gibb, 741 F.2d 896 (7th Cir. 1984)
Ty, Inc. v. GMA Accessories, Inc., 132 F.3d 1167 (7th Cir. 1997)
Bauman v. Fussell, [1978] R.P.C. 485 (U.K.: County Court & Court of Appeal, 1953)
Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp., 45 F.2d 119 (2d Cir. 1930), cert. denied, 282 U.S. 902 (1931)
Arnstein v. Porter, 154 F.2d 464 (2d Cir. 1946), cert. denied, 330 U.S. 851 (1947)
Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., 663 F. Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)
Boisson v. Banian, Ltd., 273 F.3d 262 (2d. Cir. 2001)
Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc., 982 F.2d 693 (2d Cir. 1992)
Cavalier v. Random House, Inc., 297 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. 2002)
Swirsky v. Carey, 376 F.3d 841 (9th Cir. 2004)
Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. v. McDonald's Corp., 62 F.2d 1157 (9th Cir. 1977)
Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc., 907 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D.
Cal. 1995)
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Week 12
Fonovisa, Inc. v. Cherry Auction, Inc., 76 F.3d 259 (9th Cir. 1996)
Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., supra
Perfect 10, Inc. v. Visa International Service Association, 494 F.3d 788 (9th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 128 S.
Ct. 2871 (2008)
Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc., 153 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 1998)
The Bridgeman Art Library, Ltd. v. Corel Corp., 36 F. Supp. 2d 191 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)
Sections 176, 171.11, 184, 186, 187, 188, IPC; Section 189, IPC; Section 190, IPC
Rule 14, Copyright Safeguards and Regulations
Week13
B. Fair use
Harper & Row, Publishers v. Nation Enterprises, 471 U.S. 539 (1985)
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569 (1994)
New Era Publications Int'l v. Carol Publishing Group, 904 F.2d 152 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 921
(1990)
Castle Rock Entertainment v. Carol Publishing Group, Inc., 150 F.3d 132 (2d Cir. 1998)
Nuñez v. Caribbean International News Corp. (El Vocero de Puerto Rico), 235 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 2000)
Video Pipeline, Inc. v. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., 42 F.3d 191 (3rd Cir. 2003)
Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 448 F.3d 605 (2d Cir. 2006)
Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc., 977 F.2d 1510 (9th Cir. 1992)
Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. v. Connectix Corp. 203 F.3d 596 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 871
(2000)
Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon, Inc., supra
Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 2000 WL 573136 (N.D. Cal. 2000)
American Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc., 60 F.3d 913 (2d Cir. 1995)
Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services, Inc., 99 F.3d 1381 (6th Cir. 1996) (en banc),
cert. denied, 520 U.S. 1156 (1997)
Week 14
A. Moral Rights
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Article 6bis, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Sections 193-199, IPC
C. Neighboring Rights
1. Rights of Performers
Sections 211, IPC; Section 215.2, IPC; P.D. No. 285; Section 239, IPC
Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., 538 F.2d 14 (2d Cir. 1976)
The Visual Artists Rights Act
Lilly v. Stout, 384 F.Supp. 2d 83 (D.D.C. 2005)
Martin v. City of Indianapolis, 192 F.3d 608 (7th Cir. 1999)
Week 15
Ferdinand M. Negre
Bengzon Negre Untalan Intellectual Property Attorneys
2nd Floor, SEDCCO Building
120 Rada Street, Legaspi Village
Makati City
Email: fnegre@iplaw.ph
Telephone: 8923282
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