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ASEAN IP Roundup for February 2021 February 09, 2021 IP Developments in South East Asia (Oct 20-Jan 21) Myanmar: New IP office expected to strengthen country’s global IP position The new Myanmar Office of Intellectual Property (OIP) has opened and started accepting trade mark applications (1 October 2020) during a ‘soft opening’ phase. Read the article here. Myanmar: Launch of trade mark re-registration program From 1 October 2020 for a period of at least six months, “the soft launch period”, it will be possible to re-register existing trade mark recordals or register trade marks al...

February 4, 2021 | 8:15 pm Font Size AAA THE Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said legislators preparing the Intellectual Property Code must increase protections for IP in order to provide a favorable environment for innovation, including the development of startups. In a hearing at the House of Representatives Thursday, IPOPHL Director-General Rowel S. Barba asked legislators to “create an enabling environment that will promote and steer creativity, innovation, and development for not only large companies but also for micro, small, medium enterprises, inclu...

SunStar Photo grabbed from UPSTREAM website + January 15, 2021 UPSTREAM.ph Managing Business Partner Dondon Monteverde and Managing Creative Partner Director Erik Matti, are both very pleased with their partnership with Globe Telecom and GMovies and with the outcome of the 46th Metro Manila Film Festival on UPSTREAM. UPSTREAM is the newest video on demand platform and the sole authorized streaming site for the 46th MMFF, which for the first time, holds the annual tradition online due to the global effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. “With the cinemas closed, we’ve discovered tha...

MMDA Chair Danilo Lim leads the filing of criminal charges against those involved in digiral piracy of film festival movies. (PIA NCR file photo) PASIG CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) -- Criminal charges were filed on Monday against 54 individuals caught by the Optical Media Board (OMB) in coordination with the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF)’s Anti-Piracy Task Force for illegally streaming, downloading and distributing film entries of the on-going film festival. Violations of Republic Act 8293, otherwise known as Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, and RA 9239 or Optical Media Act of 2003...

(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Optical Media Board’s (OMB) enforcement and investigation chief Manuel Mangubat filed on Tuesday, Jan. 5, the complaint against the respondent identified as Jawen Heart Escala Domingo, a resident of Meycauayan, Bulacan. In the complaint, Domingo is accused of violating Republic Act 9239 or the Optical Media Act of 2003 in relation to RA 8293, in particular, for engaging in sale and distribution under Sec. 19 and for copyright infringement under Sections 177.1 and 177.2 in relation to RA 8293 or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. The complainant e...