MIL ASSIGNMENT #2 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE

Intellectual Property Code

1. The salient provisions under law of patents stipulate the patentable inventions and the right to a patent. It also has provisions on patent application, procedure for grant of patent, cancellation of patents and substitution of patentee, remedies of a person with a right to a patent, rights of patentees and infringement of patents, voluntary licensing, compulsory licensing, assignment and transmission of rights, registration of utility models and industrial design, the qualifications in applying for and the granting and cancellation of patents.
2. A trademark is a tool used to differentiate goods and services from each other. Part III of the IP Code states that the rights in a mark shall be acquired through registration made validly in accordance with the provisions of this law. The certificate of registration shall remain in force for ten (10) years and may be renewed for periods of ten years at its expiration upon payment of the prescribed fee and upon filing of a request.
3. Copyright is the legal protection extended to the owner of the rights in an original work, which may refer to every production in the literary, scientific, and artistic domain. Among the literary and artistic works enumerated in the IP Code are books, and other writings, musical works, films, paintings and other works, and computer programs.