As the premier award on intellectual property (IP) in the Philippines, the Gawad Yamang Isip (GYI) recognizes Filipinos who have shown distinct ingenuity and talent in their specific fields using the IP system in the process. It is conferred to individuals and institutions who have significantly contributed to improve the Filipinos’ quality of life through their IP assets.
The 2025 GYI puts the spotlight on Filipinos whose inventions, innovations, and works have helped with the proliferation of the Philippine music industry.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- Individuals, organizations, or institutions actively involved in the creation, development, protection, and commercialization of intellectual property;
- Nominees should have made substantial contributions to the advancement of IP rights, demonstrated exceptional achievements, and helped with the proliferation of the Philippine music industry in any of the following categories:
- Invention
- Industrial Design
- Trademarks
- Copyright: Literary Works
- Copyright: Artistic Works
- Nominees must be Filipino citizens or Filipino-owned legal entities operating in the Philippines.
Selection process
- All submissions will be reviewed and verified by the GYI Secretariat for shortlisting;
- Shortlisted nominees will be deliberated on by an external panel with the IPOPHL Director General and Deputy Director General;
- The awardees will be announced during the Gawad Yamang Isip Awards Night to be held on 25 April 2025.
Criteria and Required Supporting Documents per Category
Invention
- Relevance of works: write up on demonstrating how the nominee’s invention/s helped with the proliferation of the Philippine music industry;
- Commercialization of invention: list of distribution channels, summary of licensing agreements, and financial statements;
- Profile of Active Patent/s: Please include Application/Registration Number, Title of the Invention, Name of the Inventor/s
- Profile of the nominee
Industrial Design
- Relevance of works: write up on demonstrating how the nominee’s industrial designs helped with the proliferation of the Philippine music industry;
- Commercialization of designs: list of distribution channels, summary of licensing agreements, and financial statements;
- Profile of Active Industrial Design: Please include Application/Registration Number, Title of the Invention, Name of the Inventor/s
- Profile of the nominee
Trademarks
- Relevance of works: write up on demonstrating how the nominee’s trademark/s helped with the proliferation of the Philippine music industry;
- Commercialization of brand: list of distribution channels, summary of licensing agreements, and financial statements;
- Profile of Active Trademark/s: Please include Application/Registration Number, Title of the Mark/s, Name of the Registrant
- Profile of the nominee
Copyright: Literary Works
- Relevance of works: write up on demonstrating how the nominee’s works helped with the proliferation of the Philippine music industry;
- Commercialization of designs: list of distribution channels, summary of licensing agreements, and financial statements;
- Profile of the nominee
Copyright: Artistic Works
- Relevance of works: write up on demonstrating how the nominee’s works helped with the proliferation of the Philippine music industry;
- Commercialization of designs: list of distribution channels, summary of licensing agreements, and financial statements;
- Profile of the nominee
SUBMIT NOMINATIONS
- Nominations must be submitted using the official nomination form, which is available for download at www.ipophil.gov.ph;
- Completed nomination forms, along with the supporting documents, can be sent via email or through physical mail
- for email submissions
Please send the documents to nipm@ipophil.gov.ph
Subject line: [Nomination] GYI 2025
File Name: GYI 2025 <CATEGORY> <NAME OF NOMINEE>
File Format: PDF
- for hard copy submissions
Please secure the documents in a sealed envelope and address to:
Attention: Gawad Yamang Isip Secretariat
Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, 2F Intellectual Property Center, 28 Upper McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City
- All nominations must reach IPOPHL on or before 27 January 2025.