President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accepts
Philippine Intellectual
Property Policy Strategy
Strategy fosters a creative and competitive Philippines -- DG Cristobal
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo receives the Philippine Intellectual Property Policy Strategy presented by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines), during the recent National Innovation Summit at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.
"The Philippine IP Policy Strategy," said Atty. Adrian S. Cristobal, Jr., Director General of IP Philippines, "aspires to foster a creative and competitive Philippines that utilizes IP as a tool for national development, which is the vision of IP Philippines." The policy strategy covers eight major sectors identified as the country’s IP assets and approaches to achieve the plan’s objectives. These are public health; patent reform; universities, and research and development institutions (RDI); biodiversity and genetic resources; indigenous knowledge systems and practices (IKSP), folklore, and geographical indications; small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME); copyright and other creative industries and; institutional capacity-building and IP enforcement.
The National Innovation Summit where the Philippine IP Policy Strategy was presented aims to develop an environment conducive for innovation through the adoption of policies that could accelerate innovation and spur growth across industries.