Global Intellectual Property Rights Issues in Perspective: A Concluding Panel Discussion

The current movement toward unified, global intellectual property rights has gained considerable

momentum. U.S. government agencies are leading the movement, and most market-oriented countries are

supporting the U.S. position in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations and other

venues. Developing countries, on the other hand, are resisting, both formally in international forums and

informally through less-than-aggressive administration of their intellectual property right (IPR) legislation.

As a result, considerable international tension and animosity exist between most developing countries and

many developed countries—notably the United States—over bilateral trade law actions and the GATT

negotiations.

The traditional Paris, Berne, and other international conventions are functioning quite well to achieve

IPR compliance between developed countries. They are not functioning to achieve compliance between

developing and developed countries, however. Lax administration of IPR laws and acts of "piracy" largely

was overlooked until several years ago, when U.S. interest groups brought them into the policy domain.

The resulting shift of IPR issues into the domain of trade law and policy has had important consequences

for both developed and developing countries. These changes have been achieved at some diplomatic

costs. A GATT agreement will lower these costs.

1. What are examples of copyright-protected works under the Philippine law?

- Works covered by copyright that can be deposited with IPOPHL are, but are not limited to:

novels, poems, plays, reference works, newspapers, advertisements, computer programs,

databases, films, musical compositions, choreography, paintings, drawings, photographs,

sculpture, architecture, maps, and technical drawings.

2. What is the difference between original works and derivative works?

-In original works the word itself original means that he/she is the first one to invent/make that,

while in derivative works it means that it is based on a preexisting work.

3. What are examples of works not protected by copyright?

 • -Works that have not been fixed in a tangible medium of expression (that is, not written, recorded,
or captured electronically)
• Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of
typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents
• Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, as
distinguished from a description, explanation, or illustration
• Works consisting entirely of information that is natural or self-evident facts, containing no original
authorship, such as the white pages of telephone books, standard calendars, height and weight
charts, and tape measures and rulers.

4. Why is it important to protect intellectual property?

-for you able to secure your business. Protect it against infringement by others and ultimately

defend in the courts your sole right to use, make, sell or import it. stop others from using, making,

selling, or importing it without your permission.

5. As a student, how can you promote ethical use of media and information?

-Nowadays information on the internet can be accessed easily. First is that the information you

get on the internet must be genuine and legit, as a reader you need to check every detail if it is

fact or bluff. And everyone can be a source of information, then you have the to give the right

information to the readers. Make an example of how to use the media and information ethically.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (1993). Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property

Rights in Science and Technology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/2054/chapter/32

Intellectual Property of the Philippines. (n.d.). Copyright. Republic of the Philippines.

https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/#:~:text=Works%20covered%20by%20copyright%20that,architecture

%2C%20maps%20and%20technical%20drawings

Copyright Clearance Center. (n.d.). So, What Is (and Isn’t) Protected by Copyright?.

https://www.copyright.com/learn/what-isnt-protected-

copyright/#:~:text=Works%20that%20have%20not%20been,listings%20of%20ingredients%20or%20content