Vigilant Trademark Enforcement Leads to Stronger Border Protection Against Unwanted and Illicit Goods
By Caesar J. Poblador Garbage from Canada, in 50 freights, smuggled into the Philippines, – really, even garbage? So what else is new? This bit of seeming news trivia (see link at http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/577090/50-freight-containers-of-trash-traced-to-valenzuela-city-firm) reinforces the everyday narrative that people will stop at nothing to make a good buck, and lots of it. But on second […]
IPOPHIL issues a bundle of Office Orders Implementing Rep Act 10372
On September 19, 2013, IPOPHIL Director General Blancaflor signed a bundle of Office Orders establishing the rules and regulations for some the provisions of Republic Act No. 10372, the law which passed earlier this year and amended the Intellectual Property Code. Office Order No. 13-169 establishes the rules and procedures at the Bureau of Copyright […]
Proposed IP Code Amendments Designed to Strengthen the Powers of the BLA
The IPO has posted a bulletin for comments on a proposal to amend certain provisions of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (IP Code). Entitled “An Act Amending Certain Provisions Of Republic Act No. 8293 Entitled (in turn entitled ‘An Act Prescribing The Intellectual Property Code And Establishing The Intellectual Property Office, Providing For […]