Mil Lesson 9

• The purpose of this is to encourage innovation and creativity by providing creators with the opportunity to benefit financially from their work and to protect their creations from unauthorized use or exploitation.


  Intellectual Property Right
• Intellectual Property Right is defined by the World Intellectual Property Organization
• World Intellectual Property Organization defined Intellectual Property as "creation of the mind"
• A global forum for intellectual property services, policy, information, and cooperation

  World Intellectual Property Organization
• What convention established the Intellectual Property Right Organization?

  Berne Convention
• Where did the establishment of Intellectual Property Right Organization happen?

  Stockholm
• When did the establishment of Intellectual Property Right Organization happen?

  July 14 1967
• When did the establishment of Intellectual Property Right Organization amended?

  September 29 1979
• World Intellectual Property Organization agreed that it will be “responsible for the promotion and protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among states and, where appropriate, in collaboration with other international organizations, and for the administration of various treaties dealing with intellectual property rights.”
• A legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works

  Copyright
• It provides the patent owner with the right to decide how, or whether, the invention can be used by others in exchange of this right. The patent owner makes technical information about the invention publicly available in the published patent document.


  Patent
• A sign capable of distinguishing goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises.

  Trademark
• Dates back to ancient times when craftsmen used to put their signature or “mark” on their products
• It constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article/object 


  Industrial Design
• A sign used on goods that have specific geographical origin and possess qualities, a reputation or characteristics that are essentially attributable to that place of origin.

  Geographical Appellation
• It is mainly the protection of one’s expressions which only becomes tangible and concrete when objects are created as manifestation of these expressions.


  Copyright
• It does not cover “ideas, procedures, methods of operation or mathematical concepts” because no one person or institution can claim sole ownership of these

  Copyright
• Sufficient authorship must exist for these to be covered by copyright. Even titles, slogans, or logos may or may not have copyright

  Copyright
• Rights of an owner/author to be properly compensated financially upon his or her permission for the work to be used by another

  Economic Rights
• Rights to non-economic interests of the author. Right to claim authorship of a work and the right to oppose changes to a work that could harm his or her reputation

  Moral Rights
• To protect his or her economic rights, an author has the discretion to limit or prohibit the use of the work
• Majority of the state signatories of WIPO adhere to the Berne Convention that provides automatic copyright protection.
• In the Philippines, there is a system for voluntary registration of works.
• According to this piece of legislation, intellectual property rights consists of: ✓ Copyright and related rights; ✓ Trademarks and service marks; ✓ Geographic indications; ✓ Industrial designs; ✓ Patents; ✓ Layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits; and ✓ Protection of undisclosed information

  Republic Act 8293
• Republic Act 8293, otherwise known as “The Intellectual Property Code of 1997.”
• The Philippine IP Law has provisions on copyright and are found on the fourth part of the law
• Chapter I of the law provides legal definitions of terms related to copyright
• AUTHOR – natural person who has created the work
• COLLECTIVE WORK – a work which has been by two (2) or more natural persons at the initiative and under the direction of another with the understanding that it will be disclosed by the latter under his own name and that contributing natural persons will not be identified
• COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC OR COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC – the making of a work available to the public by wire or wireless means in such a way that members of the public may access these works from a place and time individually chosen by them.
• PUBLIC LENDING – the transfer of possession of the original copy or a copy of a work or sound recording for a limited period; for non-profit purposes, by an institution; the services of which are available to the public, such as public library or archive
• PUBLIC PERFORMANCE – in the case of a work other than audiovisual work, is the recitation, playing, dancing, acting or otherwise performing the work, either directly or by means of any device or process
• PUBLISHED WORKS – works, which, with the consent of the authors, are made available to the public by wire or wireless means in such a way that members of the public may access these works from a place and time individually chosen by them
• RENTAL – the transfer of the possession of the original or a copy of a work or a sound recording for a limited period of time, for profit-making purposes
• REPRODUCTION – the making of one (1) or more copies of a work or a sound recording in any manner or form
• WORK OF APPLIED ART – an artistic creation with utilitarian functions or incorporated in a useful article, whether made by hand or produced on an industrial scale.
• WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES – a work created by an officer or employee of the Philippine Government or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations as a part of his regularly prescribed official duties.
• Fair Use or Fair Dealing specifies certain limitations or expectations to copyright of holders and creators. When you wish to copy an entire work or portions of it even with the copyright holder failing to give his or her permission, fair use may be invoked in certain occasions.
• The expiration of a copyright term empowers the general public to have unlimited access and use of the work as it has become part of the “public domain”.
• Flame Warriors – is a concept coined by Mike Reed in 2000 to describe archetypal personas frequently encountered in online forums, social media platforms, and other internet communities. These personas, known as "warriors," are characterized by their distinct behavior, communication styles, and attitudes during online interactions. The term "flame" in Flame Warriors refers to the act of posting inflammatory or provocative messages, commonly known as "flaming," which often leads to heated arguments or conflicts.