Global Innovation Policy Center

March 15, 2017

Philippines


Primary Sources

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  • An Act Regulating the Practice of Pharmacy and Settings Standards of Pharmaceutical Education in the Philippines and of Other Purposes (Republic Act No. 5921) (1997)
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  • Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386) (1980)
  • Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (Republic Act No. 9165) (2002)
  • Consumer Act of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 7394) (1992)
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  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( Republic Act No. 3720) (1963)
  • Foreign Investments Act of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7042) (1991)
  • Generics Act of 1988 (Republic Act No. 6675) (1988)
  • Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8293) (1997)
  • Inventors and Invention Incentives Act of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 7459) (1992)
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  • Office Order No. 13-054, Series of 2013, Amendment of Rule 20(2), Office Order No. 139, Series of 2012 (2013)
  • Office Order No. 13-061, Series of 2013, Trademark Applications with Priority Right Claim (2013)
  • Office Order No. 13-10, Series of 2013, Amendment on IPOPHL-USPTO Patent Prosecution Highway 2.0 Program (2013)
  • Office Order No. 13-124, Series of 2013, Amended Rules of Procedure for the Asean Patent Examination Cooperation ( ASPEC) Program (2013)
  • Office Order No. 13-155, Serious of 2013, Payment of Filing for IPR-Related Complaints and Defrayment of Costs and Incidental Expenses Relative to IPOPHL’s Enforcement Functions (2013)
  • Office Order No. 13-170, Series of 2013, Rules of Procedure on Intellectual Property (IPR) Enforcement (2013)
  • Office Order No. 13-171, Series of 2013, Rules on Copyright Registration and Deposit (2013)
  • Office Order No. 13-173, Series of 2013, Rules on Accreditation of Collective Management Organizations (2013)
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  • Office Order No. 14-016, Series of 2014, Continuation of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Programs Between the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) & the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (2014)
  • Office Order No. 163, Series of 2012, Madrid Protocol Fees (2013)
  • Office Order No. 197, Series of 2010, Mechanics for IPO-Mediation and Settlement Period (2013)
  • Office Order No. 204, Serious of 2012, Implementing the Community Review (CR) Process For Patents, Utility Models & Industrial Design Applications (2012)
  • Office Order No. 207, Series of 2012, Implementation Guidelines: Industrial Property Automation System (IPAS) for Utility Models and Industrial Designs (UMID) and Inventions (2012)
  • Office Order No. 289, Series of 2012, Implementation of IPOPHL-USPTO Patent Prosecution Highway (2013)
  • Office Order No. 85, Series of 2012, Rules Of Procedure For the Asean Patent Examination Cooperation (ASPEC) Program (2012)
  • Office Order No.206, Series of 2012, Deployment of the Industrial Property Automation System (IPAS) for Inventions (2012)
  • Optical Media Act of 2003 (Republic Act No. 9239) (2004)
  • Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009 (Republic Act No. 10055) (2010)
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  • Republic Act No. 10515 of April 17, 2013, An Act Prohibiting and Penalizing Unauthorized Interception, Reception or Use of Any Signal or Service Over a Cable Television System or Cable Internet System and/or Network, and for Other Purposes (2013)
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  • Republic Act No. 9150, entitled ‘An Act for the Protection of Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits, amending for the Purpose Certain Sections of Republic Act No. 8293, otherwise known as the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines and for other purposes’ (2001)
  • Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs (Republic Act No. 8203) (1996)
  • Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 1937) (2001)
  • The Corporation Code of the Philippines (1980)
  • The Graphic Health Warnings Law (Republic Act No. 10643 of July 15, 2014) (2014)
  • The Revised Penal Code (Act No. 3815 of December 8, 1930) (1930)
  • Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 (Republic Act No. 9211) (2003)
  • Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 (Republic Act No. 9502) (2008)

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