Transcript IPR Issues in ICT

IPR
Intellectual Property Rights
Violation of IPR – basically, this
means knowingly or unknowingly
stealing other people’s works and
ideas.
3 Main Branches of Intellectual Property Law
 Patent – 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 ICT
 Piracy
 Invasion of Privacy
 Undesirable Propaganda
 Electronic Crime
 False Advertising
Piracy
Invasion of Privacy
Undesirable Propaganda
Electronic Crime & False Advertising
How Laws Changed Because of ICT
 The 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 ECA
 The 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.
Does Intellectual Property
Rights Law stifle creativity and
innovation?