Question & AnswerQ&A (NL)
The State recognizes that an effective intellectual and industrial property system is vital to the development of creative activity, and it shall streamline and liberalize administrative procedures of registering copyright and enhance the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the Philippines.
An author is a natural person who has created the work.
Collective work is a work created by two or more natural persons at the initiative and under the direction of another person, disclosed under the latter's name, with contributing persons not identified.
They apply to original works, derivative works, performances of producers, sound recordings, and recordings of broadcasting organizations.
Original works include books, periodicals, lectures, letters, musical compositions, works of art, designs, illustrations, photographic works, audiovisual works, computer programs, and other literary, scholarly, scientific, and artistic works.
If the creation is part of the employee's regular duties, the employer owns the copyright unless there is an agreement to the contrary; if not part of regular duties, the employee owns the copyright.
A non-resident applicant must appoint a resident agent via a special power of attorney authorized to pursue the application and receive service of legal notices.
The copyright owner, assignee, or agent shall pay a fine equivalent to the required fee per month of delay and pay the retail price of the best edition of the work to TNL and SCL.
The life of the author plus 50 years after death.
Public performances by non-profit clubs or institutions for charitable or educational purposes are not infringement if no admission fee is charged, works are non-dramatic literary or non-copyrighted music (not audiovisual or computer programs), and performers are unpaid, among other conditions.
Making a work available to the public by wire or wireless means, including broadcasts, rebroadcasts, retransmission by cable or satellite, and point-to-point transmissions like video on demand.
They have the right to authorize the reproduction of their sound recordings and make such works available to the public by placing reproductions in the market, including rental or lending rights.
It records the date of registration and deposit but is not conclusive as to ownership, term, or rights of the copyright owner.
Upon a final court decision ordering cancellation, final order of administrative or quasi-judicial bodies, registration of transfers or assignments, or expiration of the term of copyright.
A completed application form, supporting documents evidencing ownership, payment receipt, documentary stamps, copies or reproductions of the work, and other specific documents depending on the work type and applicant's status.