IPOPHL & IP Australia conduct knowledge-building seminar for ensuring office’s financial stability

IPOPHL & IP Australia conduct knowledge-building seminar for ensuring office’s financial stability05 June 2018The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines collaborated with IP Australia for a four-day seminar focused on maintaining the intellectual property office’s financial health.Revenue forecast models, fee reviews and structures , and cost-recovery anaylsis were among the topics discussed by Mr. Kieran continue reading : IPOPHL & IP Australia conduct knowledge-building seminar for ensuring office’s financial stability

IPOPHL to MSMEs: Maximise international Intellectual Property agreements to raise competitiveness in global market

IPOPHL to MSMEs: Maximise international Intellectual Property agreements to raise competitiveness in global market06 June 2018The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines  (IPOPHL)is urging micro,small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) – which comprise 99 percent of all businesses in the country – to use the international agreements on intellectual property the Philippines has signed on to, continue reading : IPOPHL to MSMEs: Maximise international Intellectual Property agreements to raise competitiveness in global market

IPOPHL, San Juan gov’t eye revival of local handicrafts for Greenhills traders

IPOPHL, San Juan gov’t eye revival of local handicrafts for Greenhills traders20 June 2018Reviving stagnating Filipino crafts industries was at the heart of the dialogue between top officials of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) and the San Juan local government, as IPOPHL moves to develop an alternative livelihood program for vendors in continue reading : IPOPHL, San Juan gov’t eye revival of local handicrafts for Greenhills traders

Filipina chemical engineer-inventor finds opportunity for cleaner water invention in gov’t environment drive

Filipina chemical engineer-inventor finds opportunity for cleaner water invention in gov’t environment drive21 June 2018The government’s assertive push for environmental compliance especially in the country’s top tourist destinations has sent hotels and hospitality industry scrambling to ‘green’ their operations – and this has proven to be a boon for a Filipina inventor whose water treatment continue reading : Filipina chemical engineer-inventor finds opportunity for cleaner water invention in gov’t environment drive

IPOPHL apprises PEPA on publishers’ rights

IPOPHL apprises PEPA on publishers’ rights21 June 2018The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) apprised the country’s largest publishers of educational books of their intellectual property rights, as the latter sees a ’culture of infringement’ spreading in the production and use of ’book-alikes’. In a forum discussing copyright trends and updates organized by the Philippine continue reading : IPOPHL apprises PEPA on publishers’ rights

Cheap reads: Five secondhand bookstores for your next book binge

Cheap reads: Five secondhand bookstores for your next book bingeThere’s one under a bridge.26 June 2018Secondhand bookstores can be the middle ground for cash-strapped book-lovers and students to avoid copyright infringement and at the same time satisfy their appetite for books.For university students, for example, buying expensive text books – likely to be used for continue reading : Cheap reads: Five secondhand bookstores for your next book binge

NCIPR, IPOPHL capture P6.7 billion of counterfeit goods from January to May

NCIPR, IPOPHL capture P6.7 billion of counterfeit goods from January to May28 June 2018The inter-agency intellectual property task force, the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR), led by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has seized P 6.7 billion worth of fake and pirated goods in the first five months of the continue reading : NCIPR, IPOPHL capture P6.7 billion of counterfeit goods from January to May