AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES", AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Fifteenth Congress

Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand twelve.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10372

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES", AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 6 of Republic Act No. 8293, otherwise known as the "Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines", is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 2. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3. A new Section 9A is hereby inserted after Section 9 of Republic Act No. 8293, to read as follows:

Section 4. Section 171.3. of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5. Section 171.9. of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6. There shall be two new subsections to be added at the end of Section 171.11. to be known as 171.12. and 171.13., both to read as follows:

Section 7. the Chapter Title of Chapter VII, Part IV, the Law on Copyright, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"CHAPTER VII

TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT AND LICENSING OF COPYRIGHT"

Section 8. Section 180 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 9. Section 181 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 10. Section 183 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 11. Section 184.1. of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 12. Section 185.1. of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 13. Section 188.1. of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 14. Sections 190.1. and 190.2. of Republic Act No. 8293 are deleted in their entirety.

Section 15. Section 190.3. of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby renumbered and amended as the sole provision under Section 190 to read as follows:

Section 16. Section 191 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 17. Section 198 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 18. Section 203 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows;

Section 19. Section 204.1. of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows;

Section 20. Section 208 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 21. Section 212 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 22. Section 216 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 23. Section 217.2. of Republic Act No. 8293 hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 24. Section 218.1. of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 25. A new Section 220A shall be inserted after Section 220.2. of Republic Act No. 8293 to read as follows:

Section 26. Section 226 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 27. Chapter XX of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby amended by adding a new section at the end thereof to be denominated as Section 230, to read as follows:

Section 28. Section 230 of Republic Act No. 8293 is hereby renumbered as Section 231, and all succeeding sections of the same Act are hereby renumbered accordingly.

Section 29. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within one hundred eighty (180) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Intellectual Property Office, in consultation with the National Book Development Board, the National Library, the Supreme Court Library and other relevant agencies, shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to effectively implement the provisions of this Act.

Section 30. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive orders, issuances or regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby revised or amended accordingly.

Section 31. Separability Clause. – If any part of this Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid, such parts or provisions thereof not so declared shall remain valid and subsisting.

Section 32. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2842 and House Bill No. 3841 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 11, 2012 and November 26, 2012, respectively.

Approved: FEB 28 2013

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines