POLICIES, GUIDLEINES, LAWS

• RA 8293 Intellectual property code of the Philippines proper? - The state recognizes that an effective intellectual and industrial property system is vital to the development of domestic and creative activity, facilitates transfer of technology, attracts foreign nvestments, and ensures market access for our products.
• COPYRIGHT LAW Protects the rights of creators in their works in fine arts, publishing, entertainment, and computer software. The laws protect the owner of the work if others copy, present, or display the owners work without permission.
• TRADEMARK LAW Protects a word, phrase, symbol or design that is used by an entity to identify its product or service. Trademark owners can prevent others from using their marks, or marks which are confusingly similar so that consumers would not be able to identify the source. Rights in trademarks are gained by being the first to use a trademark in commerce or being the first to register the mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
• PATENT LAW Grants protection for new inventions which can be products, processes or designs and provides a mechanism for protection of the invention. The patent law promotes the sharing of new developments with others to foster innovation. The patent owner has the right to protect others from producing, using, distributing or importing the protected item. Essentially the patent is a property right that can be licensed, sold, mortgaged or assigned.
• TRADE SECRET Business practices, formulas, designs or processes used in a business, designed specifically to provide a competitive advantage to a business. These trade secrets would not be otherwise known to an "outsider" of the business. Trade secrets are protected without registration and appropriate steps should be taken by the owner to maintain confidentiality. Ex. formula for Coca Cola.
• GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (GIs) Serve to identify a product that originates from a specific geographical area and that has a quality, reputation, or other characteristics that are essentially attributable to its geographical origin. Ex. Sabah tea (Malaysia), Kampot pepper (Cambodia), Binh Thuan dragon fruit (Vietnam), Jepara carving furniture (Indonesia), Chiang Rai Phulae pineapple (Thailand).
• LAYOUT DESIGNS (TOPOGRAPHIES) OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Integrated circuits - commonly known as "chips" or "micro-chips" - are the electronic circuits in which all the components (transistors, diodes and resistors) have been assembled in a certain order on the surface of a thin semiconductor material (usually silicon).
• The agency of the government in charge of the implementation of the IP Code is the Intellectual Property Office which replaced the Bureau of Patents, trademarks and Technology Transfer. It is divided into 6 Bureaus, Namely: ■ Bureau of patent ■ Bureau of trademarks ■ Bureau of legal affairs ■ Documentation, information and Technology transfer bureau ■ Management Information System and EDP, Bureau ■ Administrative, Financial and Personnel Service Bureau
• COPYRIGHT LAW OF THE PHILIPPINES REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293 A copyright is the legal protection extended to the owner of the rights in an original work. ➢ Took effect on January 1, 1998, under the presidency of Fidel V. Ramos. ➢ Literary and artistic works include books, writings, musical works, films, paintings, and other works including computer program.
• Intellectual Property Law


  Deals with the rules for securing and enforcing legal rights to inventions, designs, and artistic works
• Intellectual Property Law gives an incentive for people to develop creative works that benefit society, by ensuring they can profit from their works without fear of misappropriation by others
• Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress express authority to grant authors and inventors exclusive rights to their creations
• Section 8, gives Congress the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, providing further support for its right to legislate in this area
• Government agencies administering Intellectual Property Laws passed by Congress

  • The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • The U.S. Copyright Office
• Types of Rights Under the Law of Copyright 1. Economic rights 2. Moral rights 3. Resale rights 4. Related rights
• ECONOMIC RIGHTS ● Replication of the work, or a portion of the work ● Transformation or dramatization of the original work ● The first public distribution of the original work and each copy of the work
• MORAL RIGHTS ● Require the authorship of the work be attributed to him or her, meaning that the author may require that his or her name be displayed in a prominent fashion on a copy or public distribution or use of the work To make any transformation or adjustment to the work, or withhold it from publication To oppose any and all mutilation or any other derogatory action to the work which could potentially be detrimental to the author's honor and reputation.
• RESALE RIGHTS ● author and his or her heirs have the inalienable right to partake of 5% of the proceeds of the sale or lease of his or her original work (painting. sculpture, manuscript, composition). This inalienable right is in effect during the lifetime of the author, and for fifty years after his or her death
• RELATED RIGHTS ● rights of those whose help the author avails of in order to assist him in producing his work and distributing this work to the public. These rights are also referred to as "neighboring rights" and include the following ○ Rights of performers ○ Rights of producers of sound recordings ○ Rights of broadcasting organizations
• Privacy of Personal and Public Domains A network domain is an administrative grouping of multiple private computer networks or hosts within the same infrastructure. - Domains can be identified using a domain name; domains which need to be accessible from the public Internet can be assigned a globally unique name within the Domain Name System (DNS)
• When you register a domain name with any provider, your details (name, address, email and phone number) are automatically added to a public WHOIS directory
• This is a regulatory requirement for anyone who registers their domain
• Domain Privacy


  Hides your personal information from public view, protecting you from spammers, data miners and marketers to reduce unsolicited phone calls and emails
• Domain Privacy


  Prevents spam and minimizes unsolicited calls and emails from people using the public directory
• Once you have Domain Privacy set up with us, you can turn on your service anytime
• Domain Privacy keeps all your personal contact details private
• Protect your online identity

  Domain Privacy keeps all your personal contact details private
• Domain Privacy

  • Prevents spam
  • Easy to manage
  • Protects online identity
• Internet Etiquette Netiquette - is a set of rules that was developed to instruct Internet users on how to act properly. It is applied to e-mail conversations, forum postings and instant messaging. The Internet has its own culture, so to avoid offending anyone these rules were developed (Shea, 1994).
• Ten Basic Rules of Netiquette or Internet Etiquette 1. Real People Take Priority 2. If You Wouldn't Say It to Someone's Face, Don't Say It Online 3. If You Wouldn't Show It in Public, Don't Share It Online 4. Don't Exclude Your Audience 5. Don't "Friend" Then "Unfriend" 6. Don't Overload System Resources with Enormous Files 7. Respect People's Privacy 8. Don't Repost Without Checking the Facts 9. Check and Respond to Email Promptly 10. Update Online Information that People Depend Upon
• Netiquette


  Examples of Netiquette include:
• Respect copyright laws for images you use. Most countries have these laws. If use an image you must ask permission to do so
• Do not change the wording when re-posting a message you received. If the message was personal, you should ask permission before posting it
• Do not send chain letters via email. You could lose your network privileges
• Examples of Netiquette

  • Respect copyright laws for images
  • Do not change the wording when re-posting a message
  • Do not send chain letters via email
• Heated messages (flames)


  Should be avoided
• Feel you must respond to a heated message


  Allow time to reflect on your reply before sending it or "sleep on it"
• Be sure that the recipient of the message knows who you are and is able to contact you. A signature file can be created that includes your contact information. Simply including your name and e-mail address is sufficient
• Don't assume they have your address, the email may have several "Froms" listed
• Using all uppercase text, looks like you are shouting. Try to avoid this by using mixed case