IPRIntellectual Property RightsViolation of IPR – basically, this means knowingly or unknowingly stealing other people’s works and ideas.

3 Main Branches of Intellectual Property LawPatent – a right given to the individual or

company that invents something; an exclusive but limited right given to inventors to profit from their inventions

Trademark – a law intended to protect the franchise brands, designs, symbols, and logos that companies use to develop unique images and preconceptions as well as to misidentification with the products of other companies

Examples of Trademarks

Copyright – the exclusive right to use, lease, distribute, and copy a creative work; copyright grants protection to the exclusivity of the created work, which includes literary and artistic material, music, films, recordings (like albums), and software material.

Common Offenses Surrounding ICTPiracyInvasion of PrivacyUndesirable PropagandaElectronic CrimeFalse Advertising

Piracy

Invasion of Privacy

Undesirable Propaganda

Electronic Crime & False Advertising

How Laws Changed Because of ICTThe laws that address IPR infringements in the

Philippines are seen by the USA as inadequate.But Filipino lawmakers have seen the changes

in society owing to the use of ICT devices and the Internet.

Administrative measures are now being endorsed by the National Information Technology Council (NITC).

Electronic Commerce Act (ECA), R.A. 8792 enacted in June 2002.

Some features of ECAThe legal validity of electronic data

message or electronic documents.The legal validity of electronic

signatures and electronic contracts.The penalization of hacking and

piracy as defined in Section 33 (a) and (b) of the Act.

The Philippines is one of the first countries to contribute to the amendment of laws concerning ICT.

On July 24, 1971, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works was revised in Paris.

The Philippines was also one of the first countries to stand up for the protection of software as intellectual property. The provision contained in Section 2 of Presidential Decree No . 49, created in 1972. It is also known as the Decree on the Protection of Intellectual Property.

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