IPOPHL

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) held a dialogue with local start-ups to encourage them to prioritize intellectual property protection.

The IPOPHL has launched the new IPOPHL Patent Search using the WIPO Publish platform, making available for public search all granted invention, as well as published and registered utility models, and industrial design applications.

An increase in trademark filings has notably driven up applications for intellectual property protection in the first quarter of 2018.

In Luzon, total IP filings -- copyright deposits, patent filings, and trademark filings -- have amounted to 430 filings, taking up 38 % of all IP filings in the 11 operational IPSOs for the first quarter 2018.

Not a lot of Filipinos are aware that a few slang words in our local language have been registered as trademarks at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL).

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) will inaugurate its satellite office in Zamboanga on August 4 -- its fourth office in Mindanao.

Through the program, MSMEs can save up to P3,000 from waived basic filing, color claims, and first publication fees.

P103 million worth of optical disks were captured by the Optical Media Board but only cover the period of January to March.

Per type of good, cigarettes and cigarette production paraphernalia took the top spot in value, estimated to be worth P5 billion, followed by handbags and wallets at P137 million, then optical media at P103 million.

Trademark filings reached 32,542 filings, with trademark registrations at 23,571, in 2017.