Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines shortened as IPOPHL, is a government agency attached to the Department of Trade and Industry in charge of registration of intellectual property and conflict resolution of intellectual property rights in the Philippines.
This law was replaced on March 6, 1903 by Act No. 666 or the Trademark and Trade Name Law of the Philippine Islands, which abandoned prior registration in favor of actual use of the mark as the basis for trademark rights. The Philippines, being then a territory of the United States, incorporated into Act 666 principles upon which the U.S ...
Some are designated as a "Family Court", with jurisdiction over cases involving children. [1]: 44 Others have been designated "Heinous Crime Courts", dealing with cases involving kidnapping, certain forms of robbery, drug crimes, intellectual property rights, and libel. [1]: 45 In 2008 some were designated to deal with environmental cases.
The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 8293, created the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) that serves to administer and implement the laws regarding intellectual property rights as stated in the Act. Under the IPOPHL, the Bureau of Patents handles the screening of patent applications and the ...
The following is a list of territorial disputes between two or more local government units (LGUs) over an area in the Philippines. Section 118 of the Local Government Code of the Philippines provides mechanism to resolve boundary disputes among barangays, municipalities, cities, and provinces. [1]
Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. 539 U.S. 23 (2003) (it is a misuse of trademark law to try to use the doctrine of reverse passing off to assert protection over a formerly copyrighted work which has passed into public domain)
Direct confusion occurs when consumers believe that the goods or services of a later (junior) trademark user come from, or are sponsored by, the prior (senior) trademark holder. In cases of direct confusion, the junior user is said to free ride on the reputation and goodwill of the senior user.
Almost all civil disputes and many crimes with potential prison sentences of one year or less or fines of 5,000 Philippine pesos or less are subjected to the system. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In barangays where a majority of members belong to an indigenous people of the Philippines , traditional dispute mechanisms such as a council of elders may replace the ...