...subject to copy right, refers to finished works and not to concepts. The copyright does not extend to an idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation,...described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.15 Thus, the new INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES provides: SEC. 175. Unprotected...

...In no case does copyright protection for an original work of 3* authorship extend to any idea, plan, procedure, process, system, method •" of operation,...described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such 3<¡r work. §103. Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative "•' works :> (a) The...

...graphic, and sculptural works; (6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works; (7) sound recordings. (b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, plan, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless...

...and other audiovisual work*; (7) sound recording*; (S( ilntn lta*t:*; (fl) computer program*. I hi In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship ortent to any idea, pta* pn»e»duro. ppoermi, system, method ef iiprraliaiii concept, principle, or...

...and other audiovisual works ; (7) sound recordings; (8) data Ъаяе»; (9) computer programa. (b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extent to any idea, pte«T proooduVo, prooono, oyntcm, method ef operation, concopt, principle, or...

...assisted by the fact that although protection covers the author's specific expression, it does not extend "to any idea, procedure, process, system, method...is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied "37 Although a copyrighted work must be "original," it need not be novel or non-obvious, which are...

...assisted by the fact that although protection covers the author's specific expression, it does not extend "to any idea, procedure, process, system, method...which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied...."37 Although a copyrighted work must be "original," it need not be novel or non-obvious,...

...extended to an integrated circuit chip. Section 102(b) above, quoted above, states explicitly that in no case does copyright protection for an original...authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, method of operation, concept, principle or discovery regardless of the form in which it is described,...

...not ideas, plans, or processes. Section 102(b) of the Copyright Act of 1976 clearly provides that: "In no case does copyright protection for an original...regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, or embodied in such work." 17 USC S102(b) (Supp. IV 1980). See BaKer v. Selden, 101 US 99 (1879). Moreover,...

...own appearance or to convey information: Provided, That In no case does protection for a chip design extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method...principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in \Aich it is described, explained, illustrated or embodied in the chip design. "KEVISICtC, AQMTATiaG,...