December 23, 2020 | 7:30 pm Font Size
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THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said it is in talks with Facebook, Inc. to develop a process for policing counterfeit items being sold on the platform.
IPOPHL said online sales of counterfeit goods surged during the lockdown, with the office receiving 135 intellectual property violation reports in the first nine months, topping the total from the five years to 2019 by some 4%. Most of the complaints involved counterfeiting and piracy.
In a virtual interview on Dec. 11, IPOPHL Deputy Director General Teodoro C. Pascua said that major e-commerce platforms have been cooperating with IPOPHL to address intellectual property infringement, but the office also has to address sales from individuals on lesser-known platforms and social media.