20.01.09
Filipinos’ intellectual property awareness growing
- Art, Travel -
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
LOCAL filings for trademark registration in the country rose by 7 percent in the first half of 2008, up from last year, a government executive says.
“This increase is good. Five years ago, about 65 percent of foreign trademarks are registered in the country versus the local ones but this year, the proportion is reversed,” says lawyer Adrian Cristobal, who is also director general of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines).
Driving the increase in local filings is the growing awareness of Filipinos on intellectual property (IP) protection and the increased activities of small and medium enterprises.
