Aug 6, 2020A musical furor is developing in the Philippines arising from the outcome of a local online talent show, The Pop Stage. The copyright
Oct 10, 2022In Habana v. Robles (G.R. No. 131522 of 19 July 1999), the Supreme Court found the defendant guilty of copyright infringement when he copied,
Copyright infringement also carries criminal liability. Any person infringing or aiding or abetting such infringement shall be guilty of a crime and shall be meted the following penalties: Imprisonment of one to three years plus a fine ranging from P50,000 to P150,000 for the first offense.
Philippine Law
Republic Act No. 8293, otherwise known as The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines lays down the rules and regulations that grant, and enforce patents in the Philippines.
Patents may be granted to technical solutions such as an inventions, machines, devices, processes, or an improvement of any of the foregoing.
The technical solution must be novel, innovative, and industrially useful.
In order for a technical solution to be granted a patent, the inventor must file an application to the Bureau of Patents, which will examine, and in some cases, grant its approval.
The law is designed as to foster domestic creativity, to attract foreign investors, and to motivate inventors to release their products for public access.
