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RULES AND REGULATIONS ON
VOLUNTARY LICENSING
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RULES AND REGULATIONS ON
VOLUNTARY LICENSING



 
 
PART 2 
REGISTRATION OF EXEMPT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS


Rule 4. Application for exemption. A sworn  application for exemption from any of the Prohibited Clauses and/or Mandatory Provisions of the IP Code may be filed with the Director stating the exemption/s being requested,  the  justification for the exemption/s, and that the agreement is not subject of any judicial, administrative or other proceeding.  

 The application must be accompanied by a copy of the  agreement, payment of the appropriate fee/s, and other documents that may be required by the Bureau to support and establish the merits of the request.  

 The applicant may submit either a draft or a duly executed  and notarized agreement.  


Rule 5. Who may file.  Any party to a technology transfer arrangement or his duly authorized representative may file an application for exemption with the Director.  


Rule 6.  When to file.  The application shall be filed in accordance with the following schedule:  

    (a)  New Agreements  -  within  thirty  (30)   days  from  the  date  of  execution  or  effectivity,  whichever  is  earlier;  

    (b) Renewal  Agreements -  anytime prior to the  expiration  of  the  term  of  the  existing  technology  transfer  agreement;  and  

    (c) Amendatory  Agreements -  within  thirty (30)  days  from  the date of effectivity of such  amendment  or  modification. 


Rule 7.  Filing date.   The date on which the applicant complies with the requirements of the Bureau is the Filing Date  which shall be duly recorded in the Filing Date Entry Book.  The Bureau shall issue to the applicant a  Notice  of  Filing Date which is also the date when  evaluation  of  the  request  shall  commence.  


Rule 8.  Notice  of  additional  requirements.  Should  the Bureau find that the  documents  submitted are incomplete or insufficient, the Bureau shall  issue  a  notice  to  the  applicant,  within  six (6)  days  from  the  Filing  Date,  requiring the applicant  to  submit  the  additional  documents.  Failure  of  the  applicant  to  comply  with  any  of  the  requirements  within  a  period  of  fifteen (15)  days  from  the  date  of receipt  of  the  notice  shall  be  construed  as  an  abandonment  of  the  application without prejudice to refiling as a new application.  Should the  applicant  require  additional  time to  comply with  the  requirements,  a  final  extension  of  fifteen (15)  days  will  be  granted  upon  payment of  the  required  fee.  


Rule 9.  Scope of evaluation. Requests for exemption shall be evaluated based on the adverse effects of the terms and  conditions of the technology transfer arrangement on   competition and trade.  Exemption from the Prohibited Clauses and Mandatory Provisions of the IP Code will be granted in exceptional  or  meritorious  cases where substantial benefits will accrue to the economy, such as:  

    (a) high  technology  content;  

    (b) increase  in  foreign  exchange  earnings;  

    (c)  employment  generation;  

    (d) regional  dispersal  of  industries;  

    (e) substitution  with  or   use  of  local  raw  materials;  

    (f) pioneer status registration with the  Board  of  Investments. 


Rule 10.  Acceptable worldwide industry standards and practices. As part of the evaluation procedure for requests for exemptions, the Bureau shall take into account acceptable worldwide industry standards and practices for licensing technology in the relevant sectors.  

Rule 11.  Recognition of valid intellectual property rights. In the assessment of requests for exemptions involving clauses which restrict the use of the technology supplied after the expiration of the technology transfer arrangement under Section 87.9 of the IP Code, the Bureau shall take into consideration the protection of valid patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights subsisting even after  the termination or expiration of the technology transfer arrangement.  


Rule 12.  Payment of taxes.  In the evaluation of requests for exemption involving provisions which do not require the licensor to pay Philippine taxes on all payments relating to the technology transfer arrangement under section 88.4 of the IP Code [Rule 3 (4) of these Regulations], the Bureau shall take into consideration current laws, rules and regulations issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue regarding the  liability for payment of such taxes.  

Rule 13.  Decision.  The Bureau shall decide whether or not to grant the application within thirty-five (35) days from the Filing Date.  


Rule 14.  Issuance  of  certificate.  The Bureau shall  issue  the  Certificate  of  Registration  within  two (2)  days  from approval of the application.  

If  a  draft  agreement  was  submitted for  evaluation, the  Certificate  of  Registration shall be issued two (2) days after the submission   of  the  duly  executed  agreement  provided it  shall  not  contain  any  amendment or any modification not  authorized  by  the  Bureau.  


Rule 15.  Certificate  registry  book.   After  the  issuance  of  the  Certificate  of  Registration,  the  title  of  the  technology  transfer  arrangement  and  parties  thereto,  its  registration  number  and  the  date  of  registration  shall  be  entered  in  the  Certificate Registry  Book.  


Rule 16.  Cancellation  of  registration.  Automatic  cancellation  of  registration  shall  be made  upon  receipt  of  a  duplicate original or certified  copy  of  the  registered  technology transfer arrangement  containing amendments or modifications that  violate  the   Prohibited Clauses and Mandatory Provisions of the IP Code without approval of the Bureau.  

The Bureau may  also  cancel  the  registration  of  the  technology  transfer  arrangement  if, after evaluation, the Bureau has established that the justification for the grant of an exemption submitted by the applicant does not exist or has ceased to exist.  Such action will be made only after the parties in whose names the Certificate of Registration was issued are given an opportunity to be heard.  

In both cases, the parties shall be required to surrender the Certificate of Registration  provided that the surrender of the Certificate  shall not be a pre-requisite to the  cancellation of  the registration.  

 
  

 

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