3. IPR Intellectual Property Rights Violation of IPR – basically, this means knowingly or unknowingly stealing other people’s works and ideas.

4. 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

5. Examples of Trademarks

6. 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.

7. Common Offenses Surrounding ICT Piracy Invasion of Privacy Undesirable Propaganda Electronic Crime False Advertising

8. Piracy

9. Invasion of Privacy

10. Undesirable Propaganda

11. Electronic Crime & False Advertising

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. Does Intellectual Property Rights Law stifle creativity and innovation?