ASIAN PATENT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION 66th Council Meeting, Bali, Indonesia, 9th October 2016 ANTI-COUNTERFEITING COMMITTEE - PHILIPPINES Special Topic: "Plain Packaging Regulations: Legal...

APAA October 2016 Anti-Counterfeiting Committee Report (Covering the period October 2015 – August 2016) Changes in Anti-Counterfeiting Laws....

Preliminary Statement There are no significant changes in the legislative and procedural landscape of copyright protection and enforcement in the Philippines. Copyright remains a nascent field in intellectual property rights protection in the country, evidenced by the small number of registrations issued from 2011...

Definition of Virtual Reality Virtual reality involves the concept of something that is ‘near reality’...

Updates on Legislation, Administrative Issuances, Jurisprudence, and IPO Decisions The Philippine Congress has not passed any new law, nor has the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (“IPO”) issued any new set of rules and regulations, pertinent to designs...

Test for infringement, acts that constitute infringement and remedies I. Tests for infringement II. Acts that constitute infringement III. Remedies I. Tests for infringement Various tests, for example, ...

This report covers the period from 1 January 2015 to August 2016. Updates on Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expression Traditional Knowledge An Act Creating...

Special Topic: “The Protection of Traditional Knowledge” Is ‘Traditional Knowledge presently protected as a form of IP right in your jurisdiction? Is there any other legal basis (e.g. equivalent legislation, policies or guidelines) in your jurisdiction that provides...

Filing and Grant Statistics Based on the statistics provided by the Philippine Intellectual Property Office, Invention Patent Filings increased by 1.1% from 3,287 in 2014, to 3,323 in 2015. Invention Patents Granted increased by 0.5% from 2,022...

Introduction Patent eligibility is, without doubt, a fundamental requirement whether to confer an exclusive right or not with respect to an invention. Patent eligibility is also functions as a gatekeeper or threshold to proceed to further patentability...

Recent Developments in Trademark Legislation and Law Administration (from Sept., 2015 to August 2016) Memorandum Circular No. 16-007: Revised Rules...

Background for Discussion Questions per Theme Current Trade Dress Protection Types of Trade Dress and Current Protection...

Does your Group's current law have any statutory provision that provides for protection of an author's making available right, in line with Article 8 of the WCT?...

Does your Group's current law provide for an intellectual property right (registered or patented) that specifically protects the outward appearance or ornamentation of...

Does your Group's current law provide for the possibility of creating security interests over IPRs?...

Under your Group's current law, are amendments to the description and/or figures of a patent possible?...