MANILA, Philippines – The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is seeking the removal of the Philippines from the US piracy watchlist. IPOPHL has submitted its comment on the accomplishments of the government to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as the USTR starts its Special 301 review process on the state of intellectual property rights worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »
IPOPHL seeks removal from US piracy watchlist
February 19, 2012
Not a matter of bad luck
February 7, 2012
When presidential adviser for political affairs Ronald Llamas was caught on camera buying pirated DVDs, the public reacted with amused incredulity. Ang malas naman nya! What bad luck! Read the rest of this entry »
RP in ‘notorious markets’ list of US copyrights group
November 3, 2011
The Washington-based International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has named the Philippines among 10 countries with notorious havens for piracy, raising the possible reinclusion of the country in the priority list of the yearly review of copyright violators of the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) Office. Read the rest of this entry »
Phl dubbed ‘ASEAN champion in IPR enforcement’
October 24, 2011
MANILA, October 24 (PIA)– The efforts of government and the private sectors to address and fight counterfeiting and piracy in the country is finally gaining recognition in international circles as groups from abroad and non-governmental organizations have dubbed the Philippines as the ASEAN champion in intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Software piracy costs $278M in RP for 2010
May 16, 2011
The piracy level on personal computer (PC) software remains at a high 69 percent in the country but the cost from the copyrights violation rose from $141.7 million in 2007 to $278 million in 2010, according to the Business Software Alliance’s (BSA) recently released 2010 Global Software Piracy Study. Read the rest of this entry »
Asean seeks to strengthen antipiracy drive
May 9, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian (Asean) member-states will seek to strengthen further the regional and global campaign to combat piracy and violations of intellectual property through the development of multilateral and bilateral arrangements, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
Govt blames malls, brand owners for IPR piracy
May 6, 2011
THE lack of cooperation from brand owners as well as mall operators where counterfeiting is prevalent deters the government’s anti-piracy efforts, according to the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). Read the rest of this entry »
US keeps Manila on IPR piracy list
May 4, 2011
DESPITE inroads in intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation, the Philippines’ anti-piracy efforts were deemed lacking, hence the country remains on the US’ piracy watch list for the sixth year in a row. Read the rest of this entry »
Manila’s inclusion in piracy list pushed
March 11, 2011
A US-based intellectual property alliance is pushing for inclusion of the Philippines in the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) priority watch list of piracy dens. Read the rest of this entry »
US ties labor, IPR issues to garments bill
March 6, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – U.S. authorities have raised labor and intellectual property rights issues of the Philippines as deterrents to an early passage of the proposed garments and textile bill “Save Our Industries Act”, which seeks to revive the textile and garments industries of both the U.S. and the Philippines. Read the rest of this entry »
