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Philippine Education Company Vs. Vicente Sotto, Et Al. 052 Phil 680

PHILIPPINE EDUCATION COMPANY, INC., plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE SOTTO and V. R. ALINDADA, defendants. V. R. ALINDADA, appellant.

G.R. No. 30774 | 1929-01-29

D E C I S I O N


JOHNS, J.:

The question presented involves the legal construction of Act No. 3134 of the Philippine Legislature, which is entitled "An Act to protect intellectual property," and which is known as the Copyright Law of the Philippine Islands.
Section 2 of the Act defines and enumerates what may be copyrighted which, among other things, includes books, composite and cyclopedic works, manuscripts, commentaries and critical studies.
Section 4 provides:
"For the purpose of this Act articles and other writings published without the names of the authors or under pseudonyms are considered as the property of the publishers."
And...