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.

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What Are Descriptive Trademarks?

This article discusses what are descriptive trademarks. Descriptive trademarks are those which consist exclusively of signs or of indications that may serve in trade to designate the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, time or production of the goods or rendering of the services, or other characteristics of the goods or services. Pursuant to Sec. 123(j) of the IP Code, such trademarks cannot be registered in the Philippines.

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