The Bureau of Legal Affairs is often reluctant to recognise marks as internationally well known. Editha R Hechanova of Hechanova Bugay & Vilchez provides some guidance for brand owners In the ...

Domestic brand owners continue to maintain their lead over foreign brand-owners as shown in the number of trade mark applications filed with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines ...

The public and private sectors are taking more intensive steps toward intellectual property rights protection in the Philippines. The Intellectual Property of the Philippines (IP Philippines) has ...

The Obama administration says that the Philippines has fixed its problems protecting intellectual property enough to take it off of a special watch list on the issue. As President Obama landed toasted ...

The issue of intellectual property has been a topic of much debate thanks to one Filipino Senator’s choice of words. When Philippine Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III delivered a speech last ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has named an official to temporarily oversee the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (Ipophl). This follows the courtesy ...

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) have formalized a partnership with the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP) and the Licensing Executives Society ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines was kept off the United States’ list of countries with intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement issues for the 13th consecutive year. Released by the US ...

A sweeping series of procedural reforms has rapidly turned the IPOPHL into a more efficient and strategically valuable venue for trademark enforcement. Fully digital filing, electronic service and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has moved up three ranks, to the 50th spot out of 139 economies, in this year’s edition of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s Global Innovation ...