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Practice question: Copyrightable and Non-Copyrightable Works

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Practice question

Under Section 174, what is the publisher's specified copyright interest in a published edition?
  1. Automatic ownership of every underlying idea.
  2. Reproduction of the edition's typographical arrangement.
  3. A perpetual monopoly over the language used.
  4. Ownership of every work mentioned in a footnote.
  5. A patent on the book's subject matter.

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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