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                    [ArticleID] => 1359056
                    [Title] => Gov’t steps up drive vs counterfeit goods
                    [Summary] => 

Counterfeit items confiscated by the government grew 44.27 percent in terms of value in the January to July period compared to a year ago.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1342876 [Title] => Volume of seized fake goods up [Summary] =>

Counterfeit goods confiscated by the government jumped 215 percent in terms of value in the January to May period compared to a year ago, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1324332 [Title] => PCCI, IPOPHL to launch Brand Dev’t & IP Protection Council [Summary] =>

The country’s largest business organization the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) are set to launch next week the Brand Development and IP Protection Council (BDIPCP) which seeks to strengthen IP awareness among businesses in the country..

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1317874 [Title] => IPOPHL to raise IPR awareness [Summary] =>

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) intends to implement programs that would increase awareness of the public and improve enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) to ensure the country would remain out of the Office of the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) Watch List.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1317651 [Title] => US removes Phl from copyright watchlist [Summary] =>

The Philippines has been taken off the United States government’s list of countries tagged with intellectual property rights (IPR) problems amid reforms to enhance enforcement.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a497/ph1lstarcom/gen5_zps8b3a4d1c.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1317441 [Title] => US removes Philippines from IP black list after 20 years [Summary] =>

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has removed the Philippines from its Special 301 Watch List of countries lacking in intellectual property protection.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-29 14:10:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a497/ph1lstarcom/froman_zpse8aae295.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1296006 [Title] => USTR urged to remove Phl from IPR watchlist [Summary] =>

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) should consider removing the Philippines from its list of countries with intellectual property rights (IPR) violations amid the country’s efforts to put a stop to counterfeiting and piracy, US-based research organization Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 890789 [Title] => Senate OKs amendments to IPR [Summary] =>

The Senate has ratified a bicameral conference committee report on a bill seeking to amend the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines to penalize violators of intellectual property rights of Filipinos.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 842379 [Title] => Pinas nasa US 'watch list' sa pamemeke [Summary] =>

Pinaiimbestigahan ng mga mambabatas sa Kamara ang umano’y pananatili ng Pilipinas sa “watch list” status ng Estados Unidos para sa counterfeit goods.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1334962 [AuthorName] => Gemma Amargo-Garcia [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 521672 [Title] => IP "special" rules not surefire cure to piracy [Summary] =>

“It will help our campaign but I cannot estimate if piracy rate will go down.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1108990 [AuthorName] => AJ de la Torre [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) ) )
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