IPOPHL Now Accepts Online Requests for a Commercial Patent Search June 9, 2020 The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) now allows commercial patent search requests to be lodged via email. Clients requesting the IPOPHL to conduct a commercial patent search usually intend to launch a product or service in the Philippines. This kind continue reading : IPOPHL Now Accepts Online Requests for a Commercial Patent Search

  The Resilient Bamboo Bridging Human Consumption and Ocean Protection June 8, 2020 According to a study published in The Science Journal, around eight million metric tons of plastic waste enters the ocean each year. Sadly, the Philippines is third in the world after China and Indonesia in most mismanaged plastic waste and most plastic continue reading : The Resilient Bamboo Bridging Human Consumption and Ocean Protection

Driving Eco-innovation thru Intellectual Property: Spinning Banana, Coconut Fibers into Landslide Prevention Tools June 5, 2020 Adamson University’s Baconet, made of banana and coconut fibers, being laid at the surface of land slopes prone to landslides. Photo by Adamson University. Soil is the blanket of organic matter that holds together and fosters all life on continue reading : Driving Eco-innovation thru Intellectual Property: Spinning Banana, Coconut Fibers into Landslide Prevention Tools

IPOPHL Achieves Digital Processing System for Patent Applications in Time for General Community Quarantine  May 29, 2020 Innovators and designers can now further their patent and design applications at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) through digital means, a significant accomplishment that has been a major target under IPOPHL’s digital transformation goal.  This continue reading : IPOPHL Achieves Digital Processing System for Patent Applications in Time for General Community Quarantine

Giving Indigenous Peoples a Voice Through Intellectual Property May 21, 2020 For many decades, the Philippines has thrived in being a melting pot of cultures. This helped the country position itself to the world as a place that allows harmonious living among peoples of different roots and belief systems, a country that can mobilize groups continue reading : Giving Indigenous Peoples a Voice Through Intellectual Property

IPOPHL Launches Online Mediation, Eyes Increased Use of Online Tools in Creating “New Normal”  May 21, 2020 Resolution of disputes through the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines’s (IPOPHL) mediation service will resume with renewed vigor as it now allows mediation proceedings to be held online, a move that not only contributes to shaping the continue reading : IPOPHL Launches Online Mediation, Eyes Increased Use of Online Tools in Creating “New Normal”

Pure and Raw: Protecting Local Honey and Its Indigenous Harvesters May 20, 2020 An alarming issue that is being experienced on a worldwide scale, just like climate change or overpopulation, is the rapid decrease of honey bees. More than 30% of the produced food in the world depends on pollination and bees are, in fact, continue reading : Pure and Raw: Protecting Local Honey and Its Indigenous Harvesters

Intellectual Property Rights and the Road to Quality Museums May 18, 2020 This International Museum Day, among other things, represents the celebration of an effective public platform for local artists and also the nation’s cultural heritage. Presently, museums are not just spaces where art and science creations are displayed for the visual pleasure of the continue reading : Intellectual Property Rights and the Road to Quality Museums

The 5Ps you Should Scrutinize to Avoid Buying Fakes May 16, 2020 Distinguishing between fakes and originals may be difficult for any consumer especially as counterfeiting techniques are increasingly becoming sophisticated that many cases would require the use of certain technologies to be sure.  Nevertheless, there are basic precautionary measures that can help consumers prevent continue reading : The 5Ps you Should Scrutinize to Avoid Buying Fakes