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Description

Provincial seal of Abra, Philippines
Source

Official documents of the province of Abra
Date

unknown
Author

The province of Abra
Permission
(Reusing this image)
Copyrighted This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos.

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Aside from the fair use claim this work is a product of the Republic of the Philippines, and as such its terms of use are laid out by the Republic Act No. 8293. This tag must only be used in conjunction with a fair use tag.

[edit] Fair use rationale

For Abra and Cordillera Administrative Region:

  • No free equivalent. Being a seal or a Philippine local government unit (LGU), there is obviously no free equivalent.
  • Resolution/fidelity. The seal is of a low resolution such that reproduction in other contexts, such as print publication, is not feasible.
  • Respect for commercial opportunities. Since this is a seal of a Philippine LGU, there are no commercial opportunities allowed for the use of the seal by the LGU, the copyright holder. Its use in Wikipedia does not infringe on any commercial opportunities.
  • Content and Significance. The purpose of a Philippine LGU seal is chiefly to identify the LGU (such as on the facade of the LGU's buildings) and to authenticate official documents when stamped onto them. The usage of the seal in Wikipedia follows this mandate as a means of visual identification of the LGU in appropriate contexts such as in the LGU's article and templates, and in the articles of encompassing or constituent LGUs.

[edit] Nature of a Philippine local government unit corporate seal

Local government units have the power to have a corporate seal. Use of the corporate seal and change thereof requires registration with the Department of Interior and Local Government.[1] Registration of the seals with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Intellectual Property Office IS NOT required because municipal corporations do not fall within the scope of the term "business" or "enterprise."[2] The chief purpose of a government seal has been to identify and authenticate documents.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Republic Act No. 7160, Sec. 22b (1991)
  2. ^ Act No. 3883, Sec. 1 (1931), Republic Act No, 8293, Section 121.1 (1997)
  3. ^ 2 McQuillin, The Law of Municipal Corporations, § 6.01 (3rd ed.)
Description

Seal of Abra
Source

Image:Ph_seal_abra.png from [1]
Date

10/03/2007
Author

User:Ermanon
Permission
(Reusing this image)

PD

[edit] Licensing

Public domain The following work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions as stated by Republic Act 8293 because the expressed work was either released into the public domain by the copyright holder, the copyright has expired, or the work is ineligible for copyright. Under RA 8293, unless the copyright has been renewed or the work was released into the public domain, photographic and audio-visual works are no longer protected by copyright law after 50 years from publication or creation and applied art is no longer protected by copyright law after 25 years of creation. [2]

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