The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is targeting to see 50 national agencies and 18 local government units (LGUs) implementing an Anti-Counterfeit and Anti-Piracy Policy (ACAPP) by 2025. IPOPHL, which heads the 13-member interagency National Committee on Intellectual...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), the country’s protector against IP infringements, has assured the creative industry of efficient royalty collections and for players to have greater control over their works. IPOPHL Director General Rowel S. Barba made this commitment...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) signed on Monday a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the largest business group in the country, to renew and expand their commitments in enabling more businesses to protect their...
Applications for intellectual property right (IPR) protection went up by 21 percent in the first four months this year, indicating early signs of recovery, according to the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). Data showed that IPR filings in the January-April this year grew to...
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with protected intellectual property (IP) and positive branding strategies have defied store closures and revenue losses that marked the first pandemic year. At the recent Intellectual Property (IP) Grand Forum, Lazada Chief Operating Officer Carlos O....
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) vowed to institute new programs and activities and policies to fight online counterfeiting to further strengthen intellectual property rights protection in the country following positive results that kept the Philippines away for the 8th...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and the country’s internet service providers (ISPs) have agreed to join hands to block online piracy sites. The alliance was proposed by IPOPHL Director General Rowel S. Barba at...
The Department of Information and Communications and Technology (DICT) is expected to come up with its audit on the use of software in government offices to put an end to persistent complaint by the US Trade Representative (USTR) of Philippine government offices’ continued use of pirated computer...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has upgraded its mediation service by mandating proceedings to be conducted entirely online. Published on March 4, 2021, Memorandum Circular No. 2020-047 or the “Amendments to the Revised Rules on Mediation” and Memorandum Circular...
To help address the rise of online counterfeiting and piracy, e-commerce platforms Lazada and Shopee today, March 1, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with various global and local brand owners to fight the alarming increase in counterfeit and pirated products sold online. On the part of...
The Department of Trade and Industry through the Board of Investments (BOI) is exploring a P7-billion investment lead purportedly for a vaccine production project in the Philippines between a local pharma distributor company and LG, a leading Korean chaebol engaged largely in the electronics...
Counterfeit trades in the country almost tripled in 2020 mostly done via online with Facebook being the dominant online platform as the pandemic presented opportunities for illegal activities to thrive, according to a report by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). Based on...
