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The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said Filipinos need to develop a mindset that “continuously” innovates to challenge the norm despite the improvement in the Philippines’s ranking in the 2023 Global Innovation Index (GII). The Philippines is one of the middle-income economies that posted a significant improvement in the GII ranking of the
Nearly half of the 77 Innovation and Technology Support Offices (ITSOS) in the country have commercialized their intellectual property protected assets, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) reported. IPOPHL Director General Rowel S. Barba reported at the recent 63rd World I
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said it will renew its lobby effort to amend the Intellectual Property (IP) Code of 1997, which will help the country keep pace with global legal and technological developments while boosting its attractiveness for tech businesses. “Modern IP laws and efforts could…
MANILA - With the new leader at the helm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), its mother agency, the Intellectual Property (IP) Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), is optimistic that the country's momentum in harnessing IP for economic recovery and growth will be sustained. Director General Rowel Barba said he is pleased that one of the priorities of newly minted DTI Secretary Alfredo Pascual is boosting local and foreign investments in the technology space. "IPOPHL extends its full support in advancing the new secretary's goal of enabling innovation. There is already gr...
MANILA - The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines' (IPOPHL) has established its 15th Intellectual Property (IP) Satellite Office (IPSO) in Calabarzon to help increase IP protection activities in the most populous region of the country. "IPSOs are at the forefront of bringing our primary services within the reach of regions in the country. The objective of our newly opened IPSO Calabarzon is to raise the use and awareness of the IP system among innovators, creators and businesses in the region," Director General Rowel Barba said. Calabarzon, particularly the provinces o...