RA 8293 - Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines

45SEC. 111. Prohibition against Filing of ParallelApplications. – An applicant may not file two (2) applications forthe same subject, one for utility model registration and the otherfor the grant of a patent whether simultaneously or consecutively.(Sec. 59, R.A. No. 165a)CHAPTER XIIIINDUSTRIAL DESIGNSEC. 112. Definition of Industrial Design. – An industrialdesign is any composition of lines or colors or any threedimensionalform, whether or not associated with lines or colors:Provided, That such composition or form gives a specialappearance to and can serve as pattern for an industrial productor handicraft. (Sec. 55, R.A. No. 165a)SEC. 113. Substantive Conditions for Protection. – 113.1.Only industrial designs that are new or original shall benefitfrom protection under this Act.113.2. Industrial designs dictated essentially by technicalor functional considerations to obtain a technical result or thosethat are contrary to public order, health or morals shall not beprotected. (n)SEC. 114. Contents of the Application. – 114.1. Everyapplication for registration of an industrial design shall contain:(a) A request for registration of the industrial design;(b) Information identifying the applicant;(c) An indication of the kind of article of manufacture orhandicraft to which the design shall be applied;(d) A representation of the article of manufacture orhandicraft by way of drawings, photographs or other adequategraphic representation of the design as applied to the article ofmanufacture or handicraft which clearly and fully discloses thosefeatures for which design protection is claimed; and