- TITLE 1 PRELIMINARY TITLE
- TITLE II DEFINITION
- TITLE III CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF THE PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
- TITLE IV VARIETY DENOMINATION
- SECTION 9. Variety Denomination.
- SECTION 10. Right of Priority Over Denomination.
- SECTION 11. Figures as Denomination.
- SECTION 12. Misleading Denomination.
- SECTION 13. Refusal of Denomination.
- SECTION 14. Denomination Used in an Application Previously Filed Abroad.
- SECTION 15. Obligation to Use Denomination.
- SECTION 16. Use of Marks.
- TITLE V APPLICANTS TO A PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
- TITLE VI EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF PVP CERTIFICATE
- SECTION 24. Contents of the Application.
- SECTION 25. Right of the Applicant to File the Application.
- SECTION 26. Contents of the Description and Order of Presentation.
- SECTION 27. Other Information Required.
- SECTION 28. Manner of Conducting Tests.
- SECTION 29. Filing Date.
- SECTION 30. Publication of the Application.
- SECTION 31. Opposition to the Grant of Plant Variety Protection.
- SECTION 32. Issuance of the Certificate.
- SECTION 33. Term of Protection.
- SECTION 34. Annual Fees.
- SECTION 35. Notice of Rejection.
- TITLE VII RIGHTS OF HOLDERS
- SECTION 36. Rights of Holders of Plant Variety Protection.
- SECTION 37.
- SECTION 38. Acts in Respect of Harvested Materials.
- SECTION 39. Coverage of Protection.
- SECTION 40. Essentialy Derived Varieties.
- SECTION 41. Manner of Developing Essentially Derived Varieties.
- SECTION 42. Provisional Protection
- SECTION 43. Exceptions to Plant Variety Protection.
- SECTION 44. Exhaustion of Plant Variety Protection.
- SECTION 45. Right of Attribution.
- SECTION 46. Succession Transmission.
- TITLE VIII INFRINGEMENT
- SECTION 47. What Constitutes Infringement
- SECTION 47. What Constitutes Infringement
- SECTION 48. Where to Commence Action.
- SECTION 49. Presumption of Validity.
- SECTION 50. Defenses Against Infringement Charges.
- SECTION 51. Notice.
- SECTION 52. Damages.
- SECTION 53. Injunction
- SECTION 54. Court to Order Confiscating of Infringing Materials.
- SECTION 55. Prescription
- SECTION 56. Criminal Penalty
- TITLE IX COMPULSORY LICENSE
- TITLE X CANCELLATION AND NULLITY OF PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
- TITLE XI INSTITUTION
- SECTION 66. National Plant Variety Protection Board
- SECTION 67. Rules and Regulations
- SECTION 68. Fees
- SECTION 69. Coordination and Cooperation with Other Institutions
- SECTION 70. The PVP Fund.
- SECTION 71. Gene Trust Fund.
- SECTION 72. Farming Communities and Bona Fide Farmers’ Organizations
- SECTION 73. Publication
- SECTION 74. The Registrar
- TITLE XII MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL PROVISIONS
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9168]
AN ACT TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO NEW PLANT VARIETIES, ESTABLISHING A Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
TITLE 1 PRELIMINARY TITLE
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This act shall be known and cited as the “Philippine Plant Variety Protection Act of 2002”.
SECTION 2. Statement of Policies. –
NATIONAL PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION BOARD AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES