Rule of action

System of Uniformity

I.

II.

LEGAL
a. State
NON LEGAL
a. Divine
b. Natural
c. Moral
d. Physical

Rule of conduct

Obligatory

Promulgated by legitimate authority

Of common observance and benefit

meeting of minds

I.

Preparation (conception)

II.

Perfection (birth)

III.

Consummation (termination)

I.

ESSENTIAL
a. Consent (agreement)
b. Subject matter
c. Cause or consideration

II.

NATURAL

III.

ACCIDENTAL

I.

COPYRIGHT

II.

PATENT

III.

TRADEMARKS, TRADENAMES and SERVICE

MARKS

An intangible incorporeal right to certain

literary, scholarly, scientific and artistic
productions granted by statute to the author
or creator of the work and giving him, his
heirs and other assigns the exclusive and sole
privilege to . . .

I.

II.

III.

IV.

Print, reprint, publish, copy, distribute and

photo-reproduce the work
Translate, arrange, adapt, and convert the
work from dramatic to non-dramatic and
vice-versa

Exhibit, perform, represent, produce or

reproduce the work for profit
Make any other use or disposition of it

a. books, manuscripts, directories, gazettes

b. periodicals
c.
lectures and sermons
d.
letters
e.
dramatic compositions and choreographic
works
f.
musical compositions
g.
works of drawing, painting, architecture,
sculpture and other works of art
h.
reproductions of works of art

i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.

q.

ornamental designs
maps, sketches, plans and charts
drawings or plastic works
photographic works
cinematographic works
computer programs
prints, labels, tags and copies, box wraps
dramatizations, translations of literary,
musical, artistic works or works of the
government
collections of literary, scholarly or artistic work

a.

b.

work of any government officer or employee

as part of his regularly prescribed duties
statutes, rules and regulations of government
offices and decisions rendered by courts

c. reports of media by current events

a.

b.
c.

lasts from the moment of the creation of the work

and up to a period of 50 years after the death of
the author or last surviving co author
if the work is anonymous, the protection shall last
50 years after publication
performers works (actors, singers, musicians,
dancers, etc.), products of sound recordings &
broadcasting stations are protected for 20 years
counted from the end of the performance year,
recording or broadcast

An exclusive right acquired over an invention

to sell, use and make the same whether for
commerce or industry.

i.

ii.

it is new; it must possess novelty, originality

and precedence
it consists of a useful machine,
manufactured product or substance or
process or improvement

i.

immoral or against public policy

ii.

mere ideas or abstract theorems

iii.

process not directed to making or

improving a commercial product

17 years from the date of issuance from the

Bureau of Patents

Trademark word, name, design symbol, etc. used

by a manufacturer or merchant on his goods to
identify and distinguish them from those sold or
manufactured by others
Tradename name, device or word used by a
manufacturer, industrialist, or merchant to
identify his business, vocation or occupation
from that of others
Service mark mark used in the sale or advertising
of services to identify the services of one person
and distinguish them from the services of others

i.

owner actually using the mark or name

ii.

long continuous user

iii.

prior and first user

iv.

alien owners

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.

immoral, deceptive and scandalous

bearing the Phil. flag and coat of arms
names of living persons and names of
deceased Phil. presidents
similar to the registered mark of another
deceptive or consists of geographical names

COPYRIG
HT
Subject literary,
Matter scholarly,
scientific
or artistic
work

PATEN
T
new
and
useful
inventi
ons

TRADEMA
RK
goods
manufactu
red or
produced

COPYRIG
HT
Where Bureau of
Reserve National
d
Libraries

PATEN
T
Bureau
of
Patents

TRADEM
ARK
Bureau
of
Patents

Duration up to 50
yrs. after
the
authors
death

17 yrs. 20 yrs.

An act providing for a more

responsive & comprehensive
regulation for the registration,
licensing, and practice of
PROFESSIONAL ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERS, ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS
& ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS,
repealing RA 5734...

Sec 1: Title ELECTRONICS

ENGINEERING LAW of 2004
Sec 2: Statement of Policy

Sec 3: Definition &

Interpretation of Terms

(a) Electronics - the science dealing with the

development and application of

devices and systems involving the flow of electrons
or other carriers of electric
charge, in a vacuum, in gaseous media, in plasma,
in semiconductors, in solid-state
and/or in similar devices, including, but not
limited to, applications involving optical,
electromagnetic and other energy forms when
transduced or converted into electronic
signals.

(b) Professional Electronics

Engineer - a person who is qualified to hold
himself/herself out as a duly registered/licensed
Professional Electronics Engineer under this Act
and to affix to his/her name the letters "PECE".

(c) Electronics Engineer - a person

who is qualified to hold himself/herself out

as a duly registered/licensed Electronics Engineer
under this Act and to affix to
his/her name the letters "ECE".

(d) Electronics Technician - a person

who is qualified to hold himself/herself
out as a duly registered/licensed Electronics
Technician under this Act and to affix to
his/her name the letters "ECT".

(e) Electronics and

Communications Engineer - a

person who is qualified to

hold himself/herself out as a dulyregistered/licensed Electronics and
Communications Engineer under Republic Act
No. 5734.

(f) Computer any of a variety of electronic

devices that is capable of

accepting data, programs and/or instructions,
executing the programs and/or
instructions to process the data and presenting the
results.

(g) Information and

Communications Technology - the

acquisition, production, transformation, storage

and transmission/reception of data and
information by electronic means in forms such as
vocal, pictorial, text, numeric or
the likes; also refers to the theoretical & practical
applications & processes utilizing
such data and information.

(h) Communications - the process of

sending and/or receiving information,

data, signals and/or messages between two (2)
or more points by radio, cable, optical
wave guides or other devices and wired or
wireless medium

(i) Telecommunications - any

transmission, emission or reception of voice,

data, electronic messages, text, written or printed
matter, fixed or moving pictures or
images, words, music or visible or audible signals
or sounds, or any information,
intelligence and/or control signals of any
design/format and for any purpose, by wire,
radio, spectral, visual/optical/light, or other
electronic, electromagnetic and
technological means.

(j) Broadcast, Broadcasting -

an
undertaking the object of which is to transmit
audio, video, text, images or other signals or
messages for reception of a broad
audience in a geographical area via wired or
wireless means.
(k) Industrial Plant - includes all
manufacturing establishments and other
business endeavors where electronic or
electronically-controlled machinery or
equipment are installed and/or are being used,
sold, maintained, assembled,
manufactured or operated.

(l) Commercial Establishment -

shall include but not be limited to office

buildings, hotels, motels, hospitals,
condominiums, stores, apartments,
supermarkets, schools, studios, stadia, parking
areas, memorial chapels/parks, watercraft &
aircraft used for business or profit, and any
other building/s or area/s for business
purposes,
where electronic or electronically-controlled
machinery or equipment are installed
and/or are being used, sold, maintained,
assembled, manufactured or operated.

(m) Consulting Services - as used

in this Act, shall include services requiring
adequate technical expertise, experience and
professional capability in undertaking
advisory and review, pre-investment or
feasibility studies, design, planning,
construction, supervision, management and
related services, and other technical
studies or special studies in the field of
electronics engineering.

(n) Accredited Professional

Organization - the integrated and

accredited
national organization of Professional
Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers
and Electronics Technicians.

Sec 4: Categories of Practice

(a)

Professional Electronics Engineer (PECE)

(b) Electronics Engineer (ECE)

(c) Electronics Technician (ECT)

Sec 5: Nature & Scope of Practice of Electronics

Engineering and Electronics Technician

Professions

(a) Electronics Engineer - investigation, analysis,

synthesis, planning, design,
specification, research and development,
provision, procurement, marketing and sales,
manufacture and production, construction and
installation, tests/measurements/control,
operation, repair, servicing, technical support
and maintenance of electronic components,
devices, products, apparatus, instruments,
equipment, systems, networks, operations and
processes in the fields of electronics,

including communications and/or

telecommunications, information and
communications technology (ICT), computers and
their networking and
hardware/firmware/software development and
applications, broadcast/broadcasting,
cable and wireless television, consumer and
industrial electronics, electrooptics/
photonics/opto-electronics, electro-magnetics,
avionics, aerospace,
navigational and military applications, medical
electronics, robotics, cybernetics,
biometrics and all other related and convergent
fields;

it also includes the

administration, management, supervision and
regulatory aspects of such works and
activities; similarly included are those teaching
and training activities which develop
the ability to use electronic engineering
fundamentals and related advanced
knowledge in electronics engineering, including
lecturing and teaching of technical
and professional subjects given in the electronics
engineering and electronics technician
curriculum and licensure examinations.

(b) Professional Electronics Engineer - embrace

and consist of all of the above plus the sole
authority to provide
consulting services as defined in this Act and
to sign and seal electronics plans,
drawings, permit applications, specifications,
reports and other technical documents
prepared by himself/herself and/or under his
direct supervision.

(c) Electronics Technician profession - embrace and

consist of any non-engineering work or activity
relating to the installation, construction,
operation, control, tests and measurements,
diagnosis, repair and maintenance, manufacture
and production, sales and marketing of any
electronic component/s, device/s, products,
apparatus, instruments, equipment, system/s,
network/s, operations and processes located on
land, watercraft, aircraft, industrial plants or
commercial establishments, including the
teaching and training of technical and
professional subjects given in the electronics
technician curriculum and licensure exams.