PHILIPPINE LAWS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
R.A. 8293
An Act prescribing the Intellectual Property Code and establishing the Intellectual Property Office, providing for its powers and functions, and for other purposes
R.A. 165
An Act creating a patent office, prescribing its powers and duties, regulating the issuance of patents, and appropriating funds therefore
R.A. 166
An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trade-marks, trade-names, and service marks, defining unfair competition and false marking and providing remedies against the same, and for other purposes
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 49
Decree on the protection of intellectual property
IP RIGHTS LAWS & RULES
PATENT
UTILITY MODEL
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
TRADEMARK
Geographical Indications
COPYRIGHT
Adjudication and IP Dispute Resolution
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
IP-RELATED LAWS & RULES
PATENT
UTILITY MODEL
LAW
RULE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
LAW
RULE
TRADEMARK
LAWS
- R.A. 8293: The Intellectual Property Code, as amended by R.A.s 9150, 9502, and 10372
- R.A. 623: Use of Duly-Stamped and Marked Containers (1951), as amended by R.A. 5700
RULES
- Rules and Regulations for the Declaration and Creation of the Register of Well-Known Marks
- Amendments to IPOPHL Memorandum Circular No. 16-012 (IPOPHL Revised Fee Structure of 2017) in Relation to Trademark-Related Fees
- Rules and Regulations on Trademarks, Service Marks, Trade Names, and Marked or Stamped Containers of 2023 Replacing the Revised Trademark Regulations of 2017
- Rules and Regulations on Trademarks, Service Marks, Trade names, and Marked or Stamped Containers of 2017
- Philippine Regulations Implementing the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (2017)
Geographical Indications
COPYRIGHT
LAW
RULES
- Memorandum Circular No. 2026-007 Revised Rules and Regulations on Copyright Registration and Copyright Related Services
- Memorandum Circular No. 2026-006 Philippine Regulations Implementing the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP)
- Memorandum Circular No. 2023-023 Implementing Rules & Regulations on the Rights of Sound Performers & Producers of Sound Recordings
- Memorandum Circular No. 2023-021 Implementing Rules and Regulations on the Term of Copyright Protection and the Public Domain
- Memorandum Circular No. 2020-026 Revised Rules and Regulations on Accreditation of Collective Management Organizations and Similar Entities
- Memorandum Circular No. 2020-024 Copyright Rules And Regulations for the Government
- Memorandum Circular No. 2020-023 Implementing Rules and Regulations on Resale Rights
- Memorandum Circular No. 2020-022 Revised Rules and Regulations on the Resolution of Disputes Relating to the Terms of a License Involving the Author’s Right to Public Performance or Other Communication of His Work
- Memorandum Circular No. 2019-025 Philippine Regulations on Implementing the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Work for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled
GUIDELINES
Adjudication and IP Dispute Resolution
ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION
- Cancellation Cases: Regulations on Inter Partes Proceedings (1998) as amended
- IP Violation Cases: Rules and Regulations on Administrative complaints for Violation of Law Involving IP Rights (1998) as amended; recently amended by Memorandum Circular No. 17-012 and Memorandum Circular No. 17-015
- Rules on Resolution of Public Performance Disputes (2013)
- Revised Rules and Regulations on Settlement of Disputes Involving Technology Transfer Payments (2001)
APPEAL
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- Rules of Procedure for IPO Mediation Proceedings (2010), as amended
- Rules of Procedure for IPOPHL Arbitration Proceedings (2011)
SUPREME COURT ISSUANCES
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
LAWS
- R.A. 8293: The Intellectual Property Code, as amended by R.A.s 9150, 9502, and 10372
- R.A. 10055: Philippine Technology Transfer Act (2009)
- R.A. 10667: Philippine Competition Act (2015)
RULES
- Rules and Regulations on Voluntary Licensing (1998)
- Revised Rules and Regulations on Settlement of Disputes Involving Technology Transfer Payments (2001)
- Revised Rules & Regulations on Voluntary Licensing (2020)
JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
IP-RELATED LAWS & RULES
REPUBLIC ACTS
- Republic Act No.11057: Personal Property Security Act (2018)
- Republic Act No.10667: Philippine Competition Act (2015)
- Republic Act No.10175: Cybercrime Prevention Act (2012)
- Republic Act No.10088: Anti-Camcording Act (2010)
- Republic Act No. 10055:Philippine Technology Transfer Act (2009)
- Republic Act No. 9711: Food and Drug Administration Act (2009)
- Republic Act No. 9502: Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act (2008)
- Republic Act No. 9239: Optical Media Act (2003)
- Republic Act No. 9168: Philippine Plant Variety Protection Act (2002)
- Republic Act No. 9160: Anti-Money Laundering Act (2001) and its amendments R.A. 9194 (2002), R.A. 10167 (2011), R.A. 10365 (2013)
- Republic Act No. 8792: e-Commerce Act (2000)
- Republic Act No. 8203: Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs (1996)
- Republic Act No. 7394: Consumer Act (1992)
- Republic Act No. 3720: Foods, Drugs & Devices, and Cosmetics Act (1987)
- Republic Act No. 623: Use of Duly-Stamped and Marked Containers (1951), as amended by R.A. 5700 ) (1951)
JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
- Rules and Regulations on IP Rights Application and Registration Protecting Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices of the Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Cultural Communities (2016)
- Guidelines on IP Valuation, Commercialization, and Information Sharing of the Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009 (2013)
- Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009
- Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008
- Implementing Rules and Regulations Issued Pursuant to the NTC-IP Philippines Memorandum of Agreement Dated June 16, 2006
SUPREME COURT ISSUANCES
- Rules of Procedure for Intellectual Property Rights Cases (2020)
- Rules of Procedure for Intellectual Property Rights Cases (2011)
- Rule on Search and Seizure in Civil Actions for Infringement of IP Rights