Intellectual Property Law Syllabus and Cases (Commercial Law Review)

Intellectual Property Law (AS AMENDED BY RA 10372)

A. Intellectual property rights in general

1. Intellectual property rights

2. Differences between copyrights, trademarks and patent

3. Technology transfer arrangements

B. Patents

1. Patentable inventions

2. Non-patentable inventions

3. Ownership of a patent

a) Right to a patent

b) First-to-file rule

c) Inventions created pursuant to a commission

d) Right of priority

4. Grounds for cancellation of a patent

5. Remedy of the true and actual inventor

6. Rights conferred by a patent

7. Limitations of patent rights

a) Prior user

b) Use by the government

8. Patent infringement

a) Tests in patent infringement

(i) Literal infringement

(ii) Doctrine of equivalents

b) Civil and criminal action

c) Prescriptive period

d) Defenses in action for infringement

9. Licensing

a) Voluntary

b) Compulsory

10. Assignment and transmission of rights

C. Trademarks

1. Definitions of marks, collective marks, trade names

2. Acquisition of ownership of mark

3. Acquisition of ownership of trade name

4. Non-registrable marks

5. Prior use of mark as a requirement

6. Tests to determine confusing similarity between marks

a) Dominancy test

b) Holistic test

7. Well-known marks

8. Rights conferred by registration

9. Use by third parties of names, etc. similar to registered mark

10. Infringement and remedies

a) Trademark infringement

b) Damages

c) Requirement of notice

11. Unfair competition

12. Trade names or business names

13. Collective marks

14. Criminal penalties for infringement, unfair competition, false designation of origin, and false description or misrepresentation

D. Copyrights

1. Basic principles, Secs. 172.2, 175, and 181

2. Copyrightable works

a) Original works

b) Derivative works

3. Non-copyrightable works

4. Rights of copyright owner

5. Rules on ownership of copyright

6. Limitations on copyright

a) Doctrine of fair use

b) Copyright infringement

(i) Remedies

(ii) Criminal penalties

  

List of Cases

1.     Mighty Corporation and La Campana Fabrica de Tobaco, Inc. v. E. & J. Gallo Winery and Andersons Group, Inc., G.R. No. 154342, July 14, 2004

2.     Pearl & Dean (Phil.) Inc. v. Shoemart, Inc. and North Edsa Marketing Inc., G.R. No. 148222, August 15, 2003

3.     Elidad C. Kho, doing business under the name and style of KEC Cosmetics Laboratory v. Hon. Court of Appeals, Summerville General Merchandising and Company, and Ang Tiam Chay, G.R. No. 115758, March 19, 2002

4.     In-N-Out Burger, Inc., v. Sehwani, Incorporated and/or Benita’s Frites, Inc., G.R. No. 179127, December 24, 2008

5.     Phil Pharmawealth, Inc., v. Pfizer, Inc. and Pfizer (Phil.) Inc., G.R. No. 167715, November 17, 2010

6.     Smith Kline Beckman Corp. v. Court of Appeals and Tryco Pharma, G.R. No. 126627, August 14, 2003

7.     Mirpuri v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 114508. November 19, 1999

8.     Berris Agricultural Co., Inc. v. Norby Abyadang, G.R. No. 183404, October 13, 2010

9.     Coffee Partners, Inc. v. San Francisco Coffee and Roastery, Inc, G.R. No. 169504, March 3, 2010

10.  Fredco Manufacturing Corp. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, G.R. No. 185917, June 1, 201

11.  Ana Ang v. Toribio Teodoro, G.R. No. L-48226, December 14, 1942

12.  McDonald’s Corporation v. L.C. Big Mac Burger, Inc. G.R. No. 14399

13.  McDonald’s Corporation v. MacJoy Fastfood Corp., G.R. No. 166115, February 2, 2007

14.  Lyceum of the Philippines v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 101897, March 5, 1993

15.  Del Monte Corp. v. Court of Appeals, G. R. No. L-78325, January 25, 1990

16.  Societe Des Produits Nestle v. Court of Appeals, GR No. 112012, April 4, 2011

17.  Asia Brewery, Inc. v. Court of Appeals and San Miguel Corporation, G.R. No. 103543, July 5, 1993

18.  Lyceum of the Philippines v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 101897, March 5, 1993

19.  Berries Agricultural Co., Inc. v. Norvy Abyadang, G.R. No. 183404, October 13, 2010

20.  Prosource International, Inc., v. Horphag Research Management SA, G.R. No. 180073, November 25, 2009

21.  246 Corporation v. Hon. Reynaldo B. Daway, G.R. No. 157216, G.R. No. 157216, November 20, 2003

22.  Dermaline Inc. v. Myra Pharmaceuticals, Inc., G.R. No. 190065, August 16, 2010

23.  Levi Strauss v. Clinton Apparelle, Inc., G. R. No. 138900, September 20, 2005

24.  Joaquin v. Drilon, G.R. No. 108946, January 28, 1999

25.  Habana v. Robles, G.R. No. 131522, July 19, 1999

26.  NBI-Microsoft Corp. v. Judy Hwang, et al., G.R. No. 147043, June 21, 2005

27.  ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation v. Philippine Multi-Media System, Inc., et al., G.R. No.s 175769-70, January 19, 2009

28.Birkenstock Orthopaedie Gmbh And Co. Kg (Formerly Birkenstock Orthopaedie Gmbh) v. Philippine Shoe Expo Marketing Corporation, G.R. No. 194307, November 20, 2013

29.Skechers, U.S.A., Inc., Petitioner, v. Inter Pacific Industrial Trading Corp., et al. G.R. No. 164321, March 23, 2011

30.Ecole De Cuisine Manille (Cordon Bleu of the Philippines), Inc. v. Renaud Cointreau & CIE and Le Cordon Bleu Int’l., B.V. G.R. No. 185830, June 5, 2013

31.Shang Properties Realty Corporation (Formerly The Shang Grand Tower Corporation) And Shang Properties, Inc. (Formerly Edsa Properties Holdings, Inc.) v. St. Francis Development Corporation, G.R. No. 190706, July 21, 2014

32.Chester Uyco, Winston Uychiyong and Cherry C. Uyco-Ong v.
Vicente Lo, G.R. No. 202423, January 28, 2013

33.  Willaware Products Corporation v.
Jesichris Manufacturing Corporation, G.R. No. 195549, September 3, 2014