The Department of Energy (DOE) has conceded to the plea of many liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) retailers in the country that their applications for license-to-operate (LTO) be continually processed despite an earlier enforcement of a deadline. The DOE had initially set July 7 this year as the...
Police authorities arrested a “big-time” syndicate dealer supplying counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes in the CALABARZON areas Monday afternoon, Sept. 11, in Barangay Poblacion, Padre Garcia, Batangas and confiscated P800,000 worth of illicit items. Authorities seize counterfeit and...
Police seized bundles of fake $100 bills equivalent to P27 million from a 60-year-old man who tried to exchange the counterfeit money to Philippine peso in Legazpi Village, Makati City on Monday, July 17. According to Southern Police District (SPD) director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John Brion Kraft,...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), acting chair of the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR), lauded its member, the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Subic for the seizure of P240 million worth of counterfeit wearables. In a statement, IPOPHL said that...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Police apprehended a 49-year-old foreigner for allegedly selling a counterfeit smartphone here on Tuesday, June 20. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. identified the suspect as Chinese Zeng Yunshi. Investigation said a woman purchased a...
The Philippines successfully steered clear of the United States Special 301 Watch List of countries with intellectual property violations and concerns for ten consecutive years and was even recognized for its enforcement practices to prevent unauthorized camcording. This was contained in the United...
The online video industry in the Philippines was seen to generate $419 million revenues in 2022, but pervasive online video piracy outperformed robust growth as it facilitated higher revenue leakage estimated at $781 million in that same year, accounting for an alarming 53 percent of legal video...
Intelligence and investigation agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized around P1.5 billion worth of counterfeit goods during a raid on a warehouse in Pasay City, the biggest haul so far since the change of leadership in the agency. BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio said the operation stemmed...
In its latest biennial report in December 2022, the European Commission’s Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List identified the Baclaran, Cartimar, Divisoria and Greenhills markets in Metro Manila, Philippines as offering a wide range of counterfeit goods on retail and wholesale basis. This is the...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has vowed to help clean up four local markets in the country flagged by the European Commission in its latest Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List as hubs of counterfeits and piracy activities. The agency in charge of protecting and...
Manila’s popular sprawling mass markets – Baclaran, Divisoria, Greenhils and Cartimar – have been tagged as hubs of counterfeit goods in the country by the European Commission Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List. In the latest biennial report in December last year, the EU Watch List identified...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) reported a 40 percent decrease in the number of complaints of counterfeiting and piracy filed with the agency in the January-November period this year versus the same period last year with fake apparel still accounting for the bulk of the...
