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IV. RA 8293: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPINES

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IV. RA 8293: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPINES

Objective: The Philippines enforces laws that penalize copying or imitation of inventions, identifying symbols, and creative expressions. These laws encompass four separate and distinct types of intangible property, namely Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade secrets, which are collectively, are referred to as intellectual property. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), intellectual
property (IP) is divided into two categories, namely, industrial property and copyright. Industrial property includes inventions (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source while copyright includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS" consists of
 Copyright and Related Rights
 Trademarks and Service Marks
 Geographic Indications
 Industrial Designs
 Patents
 Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits
 Protection of Undisclosed Information The agency of the government in charge of the implementation of the Intellectual Property Code is the Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL). It is divided into six [6] Bureaus, namely
 Bureau of Patents
 Bureau of Trademarks
 Bureau of Legal Affairs
 Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau
 Management Information System and EDP Bureau
 Administrative, Financial and Personnel Services Bureau. The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is the lead agency responsible for handling the registration and conflict resolution of intellectual property rights.
Features of RA 8293
1. LAWS IN PATENTS (Section 28-120)
A Patent is a grant issued by the government through the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines. It is an exclusive right granted fora product,

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