If inventive activity is not part of regular duties, the employee owns the patent even using employer resources.
Who owns an invention made by an employee that is outside his regular duties? Read More »
Pure computer programs, business schemes, and mental methods are excluded from patent protection.
Are computer programs and business methods patentable in the Philippines? Read More »
Employer owns inventions resulting from regularly assigned duties, unless an express or implied agreement provides otherwise.
When does an employer own an invention made by its employee? Read More »
Medical and surgical treatment methods are not patentable, but related products and compositions may be.
Are methods of medical or surgical treatment patentable under Philippine patent law? Read More »
Parents convicted of child exploitation may be temporarily or perpetually deprived of their parental authority.
Penalties for abandonment/exploitation do not prevent punishment for any other separate felonies defined in the Code.
Private person entering another’s dwelling against their will is punished by arresto mayor and a fine.
Trespass committed with violence or intimidation is punished by prision correccional medium/maximum and a fine.
Entry to prevent serious harm or render service, or into open public houses, is exempt from trespass liability.
What circumstances exempt a person from liability for Qualified trespass to dwelling? Read More »
Entering uninhabited, closed or fenced premises without permission, where prohibition is manifest, is penalized.
What constitutes Other forms of trespass, and what is the penalty for this offense? Read More »
