Registering and Enforcing Retail Interior Design, Packaging, and Visual Identity Against Local Imitators
Learn Philippine rules on trade dress, unfair competition, and store design: registration limits, evidence, and enforcement against imitators.
Structuring Esports Player Contracts: Reserving Intellectual Property Rights to Streamed Content and Avatars (Philippines)
Philippine guide to esports player contracts reserving rights over streamed content, communication to the public, and performers’ rights for organizations.
Protecting Character Designs and Game Lore: Copyright Registration Strategies for International Game Studios (Philippines)
Philippine copyright rules for game studios: protect character design and game lore, support registration evidence, and respond to unauthorized local merchandising.
Structuring Software Licensing Agreements and Ensuring Tax Compliance for Cross-Border Technology Transfers in the Philippines
Guide to Philippine software licensing and technology transfer contracts, focusing on withholding tax treatment of royalties and cross-border drafting points.
Distinguishing Between Copyrightable Graphics and Unprotected Gameplay Concepts in Video Games (Philippines)
Philippine copyright limits: game mechanics are unprotected ideas, while graphics, code, and audiovisual assets are protected expression under RA 8293.
Legal Safeguards Against Code Reverse Engineering in SaaS Platforms (Philippines)
Protect SaaS platforms in the Philippines using SaaS licensing terms, reverse engineering bans, and copyright infringement claims under RA 8293 and RA 10372.
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Defending Your Software’s Look and Feel Under Philippine Copyright Law
Guide to protecting mobile app GUI visuals in the Philippines: copyright scope, foreign developer coverage, and enforcement under RA 8293 and RA 10372.
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Ensuring Tax Compliance for Cross-Border Technology Transfers in Software Licensing Agreements in the Philippines
Guide to Philippine software licensing and technology transfer contracts, focusing on withholding tax treatment of royalties and cross-border drafting points.
Asserting Copyright Ownership for Remote Developers: Drafting Contracts That Assign Code Rights to Foreign Employers (Philippines)
Guide to copyright ownership and source code assignment in the Philippines for offshore employers, covering commissioned work and written transfers.
Defending Human Authorship: Overcoming IPOPHL Rejections for AI-Assisted Creative Works in the Philippines
Learn how studios can defend human authorship for AI-assisted works under the Philippine IP Code, using evidence of human expression and proper documentation.
