Section 6
SEC. 6. Sections fifty-five, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine and sixty of Republic Act Numbered One hundred and sixty-five are hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 55. Industrial designs.-Any new and original creation relating to the features of shape, pattern, configuration, ornamentation, or artistic appearance of an article or industrial product may be protected by a patent for industrial design by the author in the same manner and subject to the same provisions and requirements as relate to patents for inventions in so far as they are applicable, except as otherwise hereinafter provided. "SEC 57. Notice of grant of patent shall be published.- Notice of the grant of a design patent shall be published in the Official Gazette. "SEC. 58. Term and extension thereof.-The term of the design patent shall be five years from the date of the grant thereof. "Before the expiration of the five-year term, upon payment of the required fee, or within a further time thereafter not to exceed six months upon payment of the surcharge, the owner of the design patent may apply for an extension for an additional five years. The application for extension must be accompanied by an affidavit showing that the design is in commercial or industrial use in the Philippines or satisfactorily explaining non-use. In a similar manner an extension for a third five-year period may be obtained. "SEC. 59. Marking.-The Marking required by section forty-four, Chapter X, hereof, shall be 'Philippine Design Patent/ or appropriate abbreviation, and the number of the patent. "SEC. 60. Infringement.-Infringement of a design patent shall consist in unauthorized copying of the patented design for the purpose of trade or industry in the article or product and in the making, using, or selling of the article or product copying the patented design. Identity or substantial identity with the patented design shall constitute evidence of copying."