Intellectual

Property Syllabus SY1819

Atty. Ma. Karla Josee C. Ilagan

A. Intellectual Property Rights in General
1. Intellectual Property Rights (Article 712, New Civil Code; Section 1,
Article III, 1987 Constitution; Sections 2-4, IPC)
2. Difference between Copyrights, Trademarks and Patent
Pearl Dean (Phil.) Inc. vs Shoemart, Inc., G.R. No. 148222, 15 August 2003

B. Patents
Pearl Dean (Phil.) Inc. vs Shoemart, Inc., G.R. No. 148222, 15 August 2003
1. Patentable Inventions (Sections 21, 23-27, 54, IPC; Section 6, RA
9502)
Vargas vs. Chua, G.R. No. L-36650, 27 January 1933
Manzano vs. CA, G.R. No. 113388, 5 September 1997
Aguas vs. De Leon, G.R. No. L-32160, 30 January 1982
2. Non-Patentable Inventions (Section 22, IPC; Section 5, RA 9502)
3. Ownership of a Patent
i. Right to a Patent (Section 28, IPC)
ii. First-to-File Rule (Section 29, IPC)
iii. Inventions Created Pursuant to a Commission (Section 30,
IPC)
iv. Right of Priority (Section 31, IPC)
4. Grounds for Cancellation of a Patent (Section 61, IPC)
5. Remedy of the True and Actual Inventor (Section 68, IPC)
6. Rights Conferred by a Patent (Section 71, IPC)
7. Limitations of Patent Rights (Section 72, IPC; Section 7, RA 9502)
Roma Drug & Romeo Rodriguez vs. RTC, et al, G.R. No. 149907, 16 April 2009
i. Prior User (Section 73, IPC)
ii. Use by the Government (Section 74, IPC)
8. Patent Infringement (Section 76.1, 76.2 IPC; Section 9, RA 9502)
Creser Precision Systems, Inc. vs CA, G.R. No. 118708, 2 February 1998
i. Tests in Patent Infringement
- Literal Infringement
Godines vs CA, G.R. No. 97343, 13 September 1993
- Doctrine of Equivalents
Smith Kline Beckman Corp. vs CA, G.R. No. 126627, 14 August 2003
ii. Defenses in Actions for Infringement (Sections 76.3-77, 79-
81, 84, IPC)
9. Licensing
i. Voluntary (Sections 4.2, 85, 87-92, IPC)
ii. Compulsory (Sections 10.1, 93, 97, 100 IPC; Section 10, RA
9502)
Smith Kline & French, Ltd. vs. CA, G.R. No. 121267, 23 October 2001
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Parke Davies & Co. vs. Doctors Pharmaceuticals, Inc., G.R. No. L-22221, 31
August 1965
10. Assignment and Transmission of Rights (Section 103-105, 107,
IPC)
11. Utility Models (Chapter XII, IPC)
Ching vs. Salinas, Sr., G.R. No. 161295, 9 June 2005
Del Rosario vs. CA, G.R. No. 115106, 15 March 1996
12. Industrial Design and Layout Designs (Topographies) of
Integrated Circuits (Section 112, IPC, as amended by RA 9150)