IPOPHL, MIAA partnership to prevent  air transport of counterfeits amid “revenge travel”

IPOPHL, MIAA partnership to prevent  air transport of counterfeits amid “revenge travel” March 3, 2023 The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to prevent the transport of intellectual property (IP) infringing goods and raise awareness on the prohibition of traveling continue reading : IPOPHL, MIAA partnership to prevent  air transport of counterfeits amid “revenge travel”

IPOPHL meets with P&G to intensify anti-counterfeiting, brand protection campaigns

IPOPHL meets with P&G to intensify anti-counterfeiting, brand protection campaigns March 1, 2023 Officials at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) and the multinational consumer goods company Procter and Gamble (P&G) met in January 2023 to work jointly towards measures that would help business owners better protect their brands against intellectual property (IP) continue reading : IPOPHL meets with P&G to intensify anti-counterfeiting, brand protection campaigns

IPOPHL TO ROLL OUT 2023 COPYRIGHT PROJECTS TO STRENGTHEN FILIPINO CREATIVES

IPOPHL TO ROLL OUT 2023 COPYRIGHT PROJECTS TO STRENGTHEN FILIPINO CREATIVES February 27, 2023 In celebration of National Arts Month this February, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has revealed four initial artistic projects for 2023 to highlight the importance of copyright protection in the development of the Philippine creative economy. The projects continue reading : IPOPHL TO ROLL OUT 2023 COPYRIGHT PROJECTS TO STRENGTHEN FILIPINO CREATIVES

PH, elected chair of APEC’s Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group, widening work in advancing global cooperation

PH, elected chair of APEC’s Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group, widening work in advancing global cooperation February 23, 2023 The Philippines has been elected as the chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group (APEC-IPEG), a new role seen to expand the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines’ (IPOPHL) reach in championing continue reading : PH, elected chair of APEC’s Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group, widening work in advancing global cooperation

IPOPHL, CONWEP partner in fight vs. counterfeit wearables

IPOPHL, CONWEP partner in fight vs. counterfeit wearables February 21, 2023 The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has sealed a partnership with the Confederation of Wearables Exporters of the Philippines (CONWEP) to protect consumers and intellectual property (IP) rights holders against the sale and manufacture of counterfeit apparel and footwear products both in continue reading : IPOPHL, CONWEP partner in fight vs. counterfeit wearables

IP Academy inks deal with LEB to deepen IP education in law schools

IP Academy inks deal with LEB to deepen IP education in law schools February 16, 2023 The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), through its IP (intellectual property) Academy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Legal Education Board (LEB) to strengthen IP education in law schools.  Signed by IPOPHL Director General continue reading : IP Academy inks deal with LEB to deepen IP education in law schools

New trademark rules for protecting non-traditional marks, mandating online transactions take effect

New trademark rules for protecting non-traditional marks, mandating online transactions take effect February 15, 2023 The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippine (IPOPHL) has promulgated the Revised Rules and Regulations on Trademarks, Service Marks, Trade Names and Marked or Stamped Containers.  Replacing the revised trademark regulations of 2017, the new rules under Memorandum Circular (MC) continue reading : New trademark rules for protecting non-traditional marks, mandating online transactions take effect

DESTRUCTION OF COUNTERFEIT CIGARETTES SHOWCASES IP ADJUDICATION IN ACTION

DESTRUCTION OF COUNTERFEIT CIGARETTES SHOWCASES IP ADJUDICATION IN ACTION February 14, 2023 Counterfeit Winston cigarettes worth over P20 million were destroyed on 30 January 2023, at the Digama/ Greenleaf 88 Non-Hazardous Waste Management Facility in Porac, Pampanga as a result of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines’ (IPOPHL) finding that said products violated the IP continue reading : DESTRUCTION OF COUNTERFEIT CIGARETTES SHOWCASES IP ADJUDICATION IN ACTION

IPOPHL, IBP bat for IP rights of indigenous cultural communities and MSMEs

IPOPHL, IBP bat for IP rights of indigenous cultural communities and MSMEs February 9, 2023 The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) to support Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in protecting their intellectual continue reading : IPOPHL, IBP bat for IP rights of indigenous cultural communities and MSMEs