Practice question
Can an original lecture prepared for oral delivery fall within Section 172.1(c) even if it was not reduced to writing?
- Yes; that category expressly includes oral-delivery works without such fixation.
- No; only a printed hardbound book can ever be protected.
- No; every spoken creation is necessarily a mere fact.
- Yes; but only if the listener acquires a patent.
- No; a lecture becomes protected only after the speaker dies.
Legal references
- RA 8293, Intellectual Property Code, Sections 171-179, 184-185 and 193-197: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
- RA 10372, Sections 4, 8-12, 16-17, copyright amendments: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10372_2013.html
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