INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
The owners of copyright and related rights or their heirs may designate a society of artists writer composers and other right holders
designation of society
an assignment or exclusive license maybe filed in duplicate with the national library upon payment of the prescribed fee for registration in books and records kept for the purpose
filing of assignment of license
if two or more partners jointly own a copyright or any part there off neither of the owners shall be entitled to grant licenses
co-owned work
The copyright is distinct from the property in the material object subject to it
copyright and the material object
The copyright owner has the right to regular statement of accounts from the assignee
right of owner to accounting
within the scope of the assignment or license the assigning or licensee is entitled to all the rights and remedies which the assignor or license or had with respect to the copyright
rights of assignee
the right of literary property as recognized and sanctioned by positive law
copyright
natural person who has created the work
Author
work which has been created by two 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
collective work
Amy communication to the public including broadcasting web broadcasting retransmitting the cable broadcasting on the transmitting by satellite
communication to the public
The transfer of possession of the original or a copy of a work or sound recording for a limited period for non-profit purposes
public lending
means works which with the content 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 this works from a place and time individually chosen by them
published works
literary and artistic works hereinafter referred to as works what original intellectual creations in the literary and artistic domain...
original works
copyright protection commences from the moment of
creation
in addition to the right to publish granted by the author his heirs or assigns the publisher shall have a copyright consisting really of the right of reproduction....
right of publisher
is the making of one or more copies of a work or a sound recording in any monitor or form
reproduction
is a work created by an officer or employee of the Philippine government or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities
work off the government of the Philippines
The co-authors shall be the original owners of the copyright and in the absence of agreement the rights should be governed by the rules on co-ownership
works of joint authorship
The person who so commissioned the work shall have the ownership of work but the copyright there to shall remain with the creator unless there is a written stipulation to the contrary
commissioned work
the employee if the creation of the object of copyright is not a part of his regular duties
The employer if the work is the result of the performance of his regularly assigned duties
works during employment