SAN BEDA LAW

Laws on Intellectual Property

Course Outline
Professor Risel Castillo-Taleon

I. Intellectual Property Rights

1. 1. Declaration of State Policy - Sec. 2 IP Code
a. Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines vs. Ochoa, G.R. No.
204605, July 19, 2016
2. Specific Intellectual Property Rights – Sec. 4 IP Code
3. Technology Transfer Arrangements in General
4. Right of a Foreigner to Sue for Protection of IP Rights – Sec. 3 and 160

II. The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPhil) – Sections 6 to 9 and
9A of the IP Code (as amended by RA 10372), Sections 10 to 19, IPCode

III. Trademarks
1. Definition of Marks, Collective Marks, Trade Names, Slogan – Sec. 121
2. Functions of Trademarks
3. Acquisition of Ownership of Mark
a. Sec. 122
b. Birkenstock GmbH vs. Phil Shoe Marketing GR #194307, Nov. 29, 2013
c. Superior Commercial Enterprises, Inc. vs. Kunnan Enterprises Ltd. and
Sports Concept & Distributor, Inc., G.R. No. 169974, April 20, 2010
4. Acquisition of Ownership of Trade Name – Sec. 165
a. Ecole De Cuisine Manille (Cordon Bleu of the Philippines), Inc. vs.
Renaus Cointreau & Cie and Le Cordon Bleu Int’l, B.V., G.R. No. 185830,
June 5, 2013)
5. Registrability of Marks
a. Non-Registrable Marks Sec. 123.1
b. Secondary Meaning, Sec. 123.2
6. Fanciful, Arbitrary, Suggestive, Composite and Coined Marks
7. Prior Use of Mark as a Requirement – Sec. 122, 152
8. Tests to Determine Confusing Similarity between Marks
a. Dominancy Test
i. Asia Brewery, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, et al. G.R. No. 103543
ii. McDonald’s Corporation vs. L.C. Big Mak Burgers, Inc. G.R. No.
143993
iii. Societes Des Produits Nestle, S.A. et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et
al. G.R. No. 112012
b. Holistic Test
i. Emerald Garment Manufacturing Corp. vs. CA, G.R. No. 100098
ii. Bristol Myers Co. vs. Dir. Of Patents & United American
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., G.R. No. L-21587, May 19, 1966

9. Well-Known Marks
a. Sec. 123 (e) (f)
b. Criteria

10. Trademark Registration Process and Requirements – Secs. 124-146, 149

a. Filing date
b. Priority Right
c. Opposition
d. Certificate of Registration

11. Rights Conferred by Registration – Sec. 147

12. Use by Third Parties of Names, etc. Similar to Registered Mark – Sec. 148

13. Infringement and Remedies

a. Trademark Infringement
i. Sec. 155
ii. Confusion of goods vs. confusion of business
iii. Parallel Importation
 b. Damages
i. Sec. 156-158, 179
ii. Civil vs. Criminal Infringement

c. Jurisdiction
i. Sec. 163
ii. AM No. 2-1-11, Feb. 9, 2002
iii. AM No. 03-03-03, July 1, 2003
iv. Sec. 10.2

d. Requirement of Notice

14. Unfair Competition

a. Sec. 168
b. Infringement vs. Unfair Competition
c. Pilipinas Shell Petroleum, et al. vs. Romars Int’l. GR 189669, Feb. 16,
2015
d. Willaware Products Corp. vs. Jesicrhris Mfg. Corp. GR 195549, Sep. 3,
2014

15. Trade Names or Business Names – Sec. 165

16. Collective Marks – Sec. 167
17. Cases