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| What is ICT Policy |
| Philippine ICT Policy |
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| Legal Instruments |
| Laws |
| Pending Bills |
| Executive Orders |
| Institutions |
| GENDER AND ICT Policy |
| POLICY ISSUES |
| .ph ccTLD |
| Telecommunications |
| Access |
| Free/Open Source Software |
| IPR / Open Content |
| E-Governance |
| Statistics & Indicators |
| Resources |
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Papers and Publications
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Organisations and Sites
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Mailing Lists
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| Global Spaces: WSIS and Beyond |
| IPR and Open Content |
| RP gov’t pushes IPR rights awareness 26 April 2006 |
| The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has formalized its partnership with the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) as part of its efforts in raising public awareness on "intellectual property rights." Previously IPO forged an agreement with the Business Software Alliance (BSA). (By Erwin Lemuel Oliva, Inq7.net) |
| US vows closer ties with RP vs. piracy 20 April 2006 |
| Newly appointed United States ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney expressed the need for the Philippines and the US to have stronger partnership in the campaign against "intellectual property" rights. (by Angelo S. Samonte, Manila Times) |
| IPO considering on intellectual property for S&T 06 April 2006 |
| The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is encouraging research and educational institutions to acquire knowledge on intellectual property protection instruments, including patents, to avoid duplication of existing inventions and safeguard and possibly gain more financially from their innovations. In this regard, IPO will be conducting a three-day seminar on this topic for these organizations. (By Alexander Villafania, Inq7.net) |
| Roxas urges Congress to create Office of Trade Representative 05 April 2006 |
| Seantor Manuel Roxas III filed a bill that pushes for the creation of a Philippine Trade Representative Office. This Office is expected to reduce the replication of duties performed by various ad hoc bodies which work towards the formulation and implementation of certain trade policies. (by Manila Times) |
| Open access seen mixed blessing for Meralco 04 April 2006 |
| Meralco, with the blessing of Malacang, recently agreed to allow large industrial and commercial consumers to source their power requirements from other third-party power producers. Analysts perceive that while this may hamper Meralco’s financial and market position in the short term, this may be beneficial in the long-term as the possibility of higher electricity prices due to deregulation may be expected in the future, similar to that of the oil industry. (By Cai U. Ordinario, Manila Times) |
| RP court convicts Greenhills video game pirates 16 August 2005 |
| The Makati City Regional Trial Court found the owners of Gamelandia Gaming Enterprises guilty of the trademark infringement. Owners Simon Chan and his wife Fu Lin Gutierrez were sentenced to fiver year imprisonment and a fine of P100,000 each. Gamelandia Gaming Enterprises was raided by National Buereau of Investigation and the Intellectual Property Office on November 15, 2000. (By Alexander Villafania, Inq7.net) |
| ASEAN mulls cross-country IPR network 17 April 2005 |
| The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is considering to build a network that will further ensure copyright protection in the region. This IPR network is intended to maintain a repository resources such as position papers, market feasibility studies and legal documents. Once this project pushes through, the IRP network will be led by government agencies as well as legal and academic institutions in the 10 ASEAN countries. |
| USTR blasts corruption, IP violations in Philippines 01 April 2005 |
| The United States Trade Representative Office (USTR) has released an assessment of the local intellectual property (IP) regime. USTR said that despite the existence of a strong legal framework on IP protection, violations remain rampant due to poor law enforcement and chronic corruption in the government. The report also criticized trade barriers such as the newly approved increase in excise taxes which are said to discourage the entry of US alcoholic beverages and distilled spirits to the local market. USTR believes that around $139 million in potential revenues have been lost last year because of IP violations. (By Niel V. Mugas, Manila Times) |
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