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The document discusses intellectual property law and unethical marketing practices. It mentions the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines and covers topics like trademarks, misleading advertisements, adulteration of products, understating weights and measurements.

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Republic Act No

The document discusses intellectual property law and unethical marketing practices. It mentions the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines and covers topics like trademarks, misleading advertisements, adulteration of products, understating weights and measurements.

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Republic Act No.

8293 The Intellectual Property Code of The Philippines  The Law on Trademarks,
Service Marks and Trade Names - "Mark" means any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods
(trademark) or services (service mark) of an enterprise and shall include a stamped or marked container
of goods G.R. No. 198889 January 20, 2016 UFC PHILIPPINES, INC. (now merged with NUTRI-ASIA, INC.,
with NUTRI-ASIA, INC. as the surviving entity), Petitioner, vs. BARRIO FIESTA MANUFACTURING
CORPORATION, Respondent. 3. MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENT - The use of false or misleading
statements in advertising, and misrepresentation of the product at hand, which may negatively affect
many stakeholders, especially consumers. ❖ Listerine could prevent and cure sore throats. - Listerine
got in trouble claiming that the product could “prevent and cure sore throats”. Using Listerine as an over
the counter medicine in fact wasn’t clinically supported. Pfizer had to pull its commercials and change its
claims. 4. ADULTERATION - The unethical practice of corrupting a genuine commodity by imitating or by
adding something to increase its bulk or volume, or even by substituting an inferior product for a
superior one for the purpose of profit/gain. 5. WEIGHT UNDERSTATEMENT - The most common type of
direct misrepresentation product weight less than the stated weight or less than one is charged for. 6.
Measurement and Quantity Understatement - An unethical observed in products that depend on length
and/or volume. - It is when the meter stick or standard is shorter than the real length or smaller in
volume than the standard.

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