+ Follow PRIORITY WATCHLIST Tag
PRIORITY WATCHLIST
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[ArticleID] => 342877
[Title] => RP, China step up joint effort to curb piracy
[Summary] => The Philippines and China have stepped up cooperation efforts to crack down on piracy.
According to Intellectual Property Office (IPO) Director General Adrian Cristobal Jr., the Philippines and China have actually signed an initial agreement between the Philippine Bureau of Customs and its Chinese counterpart to crack down on illegal imports.
Furthermore, Cristobal said he had an informal talk with Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai to set up more cooperation mechanism in the campaign against piracy.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 342491
[Title] => IPO head confident RP won’t backslide in IPR issues
[Summary] => A senior trade official has expressed confidence the Philippines will not backslide and find itself back on the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) special 301 Priority Watchlist.
According to Intellectual Property Office (IPO) director general Adrian Cristobal Jr., the government is working with all concerned agencies to assure that efforts to curb piracy and protect intellectual property rights (IPR) are on high gear. "There is absolutely no reason to be put back in the Priority Watchlist next year or in the years to come."
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 323184
[Title] => Puzzlements
[Summary] => Presidential Envoy to the Gulf States Coordinating Council Amable Aguiluz V is hurting. He bewails what he feels is an orchestrated effort to denigrate his record and performance. Recently, some items have come out, lambasting him for the recommendations he made in the recently-concluded bilateral air talks between the Philippine government and Bahrain Air.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-25 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134209
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804859
[AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
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[ArticleID] => 321801
[Title] => RP urged to nail more IPR violators
[Summary] => The United States wants the Philippines to prosecute and convict more intellectual property rights (IPR) violators as part of the country’s commitment to practice and uphold IPR.
This was relayed to Intellectual Property Office (IPO) director general Adrian Cristobal Jr. by David A. Katz, director of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Katz handles Southeast Asian and Pacific affairs.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 287051
[Title] => DTI wants malls to refrain from selling pirated CDs, VCDs
[Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry has urged all mall owners nationwide to clean their premises of pirated optical media products.
In a letter addressed to mall owners, DTI calls for the ban on sale of pirated music and software CDs and movie VCDs and DVDs and the like inside their premises and to impose strict penalties against lessees found selling illegal copies of optical media products.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Cebu News
[SectionUrl] => cebu-news
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[ArticleID] => 238221
[Title] => RP not backing out of its trade lib commitments
[Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima has assured US Assistant Secretary of Commerce William H. Hash III that the Philippines is not backing out of its commitment to liberalize trade.
Purisima was reacting to Lash’s observation that the Philippines has been slowing down on its tariff reduction program.
"What happened is we just slowed down. Before we were to fast out of the gates," Purisima said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 179409
[Title] => NBI tightens noose on textbook pirates
[Summary] => The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is set to take legal and law enforcement action against the proliferation of pirated medical, scientific and medical textbooks amid reports of the growing menace of copyright theft in the academic sector.
The NBI gave an ultimatum to local printers and book sellers suspected of engaging in the illegal reproduction of these copyrighted materials in response to the clamor by local and international publishers for decisive government action against the rampant violation of the country’s Intellectual Property Code.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[ArticleID] => 175592
[Title] => Textbook piracy hurting RP business image
[Summary] => The Philippines is now in the Priority Watchlist of the world’s most notorious intellectual property rights violators, a reputation which frightens many potential investors.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 103385
[Title] => Protect intellectual property rights
[Summary] =>
They're cheap, they're available, and Filipinos have the machines to run them.
But those pirated digital video discs, video compact discs and CD-ROMs now
proliferating in Metro Manila are also getting the Philippines in trouble. The
country has already been included in an annual "Special 301" list prepared by
the US Trade Representative, meaning the Philippines could face trade sanctions
from the United States if no reforms are made to improve protection of
intellectual property rights (IPR).
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-12 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1193631
[AuthorName] => by Editorial
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
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October 11, 2002 - 12:00am
September 11, 2002 - 12:00am
