DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL TEODORO C. PASCUA29 June 2018″TAMA NA ANG PANLOLOKO, TAMA NA ANG FAKE!” Deputy Director General Teodoro C. Pascua urged intellectual property violators to stop selling counterfeit and pirated items because “these pose a serious threat to public health, reduce employment in legitimate enterprises, and damage the economy.”

DIRECTOR GENERAL JOSEPHINE R. SANTIAGO29 June 2018Director General Josephine R. Santiago said that the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR) is preparing alternative livelihood programs for traders and vendors selling fake and pirated products, to move forward developmental goals alongside enforcement ones.

IPOPHL opens Zamboanga satellite office03 August 2018The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines rolled out its satellite office in Zamboanga on August 4, its 4th office in Mindanao, in a bid to expand its presence and reach out to more businesses and individuals in the region that are keen to register their intellectual property. The steady expansion of continue reading : IPOPHL opens Zamboanga satellite office

Trademarked Slang07 August 2018English may be the universal language, but in terms of diversity, it doesn’t hold a candle to the Filipino tongue. Just for the single English word, “rice”, Filipinos have several variations: kanin,bigas,palay, and sinaing. If we include Filipino slang – sub-culture language like gay lingo, ‘street’ talk, and ‘jejemon’-speak to name a continue reading : Trademarked Slang

Enforcing data privacy key to integrity of IPOPHL’s operations07 August 2018The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines backed the cause of the National Privacy Commission to protect personal information of its stakeholders, and welcomed data privacy measures Tuesday, when the latter held an information briefing for IPOPHL employees and personnel.The intellectual property office is taking initial continue reading : Enforcing data privacy key to integrity of IPOPHL’s operations

IPOPHL: 4IR reshaping views on IP ownership, protectionIP to become increasingly relevant as 4th IR tech advances08 August 2018The onset of 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) – the emergence of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and the internet of things – has given rise to both challenges and opportunities in the protection, distribution, continue reading : IPOPHL: 4IR reshaping views on IP ownership, protection

Capturing Ninoy20 August 2018Original photograph by Times Journal photographer Recto MerceneThere are few images in Philippine history that have earned a place in the Filipino public’s collective memory. Even fewer are those that have gone on to play a part in history itself. That photo of Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino’s assassination, with the ex-senator clad in continue reading : Capturing Ninoy

IPOPHL to inventors: channel innovativeness for impactful, problem-driven inventions22 August 2018Photo by Technology Application and Promotion InstituteThe most inventive minds from all over the country gathered at the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) National Invention Contest and Exhibits (NICE) on Tuesday (August 14), showcasing products and methods competing to be the best in intellectual property categories.With continue reading : IPOPHL to inventors: channel innovativeness for impactful, problem-driven inventions

NCIPR, IPOPHL seize P 8.8 billion counterfeit goods in first half of 2018First half  2018 seizure surpasses 2017’s total24 August 2018The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), in coordination with the inter-agency taskforce, the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR), has seized P 8.8 billion worth of pirated and counterfeit goods in the first half continue reading : NCIPR, IPOPHL seize P 8.8 billion counterfeit goods in first half of 2018