Other activities
Classification system used is Locarno.
The IPOPHL also sends soft copy of Office Actions/Communications to ID applicants online through online (ECORR) facility. This will enable the applicants or theire representative to receive Office Actions in their respective registered email addresses in order to expedite the drafting of responses for speedy registration process. Electronic certificates are now being issued for registered IDs since March 2022.
Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements:
Hardware used to support business processes of the Office
Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
Other matters
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) continues to deliver intellectual property (IP) learning programs through free webinars for the general public. Previously called iLEAP IP, iLEAP Plus has expanded offerings with the aim to make the intellectual property (IP) system easier to understand and to provide useful information on IP registration and maintenance. Each session focuses on one IP right with the aim to help participants to understand the different IPRs and how to have their IP assets registered with the IPOPHL.
https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/ileap-ip/
The IP Boost Camp is a FREE comprehensive 5-day training program that provides an opportunity for undergraduate students and law students to acquire a deeper knowledge of IP and other IP-related areas. The IP Boost Camp targets this audience to better prepare them in their respective career by boosting their competence and confidence on IP.
https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/ip-boost-camp/
The IP Roadshow is a short training program on intellectual property (overview of the IP system, patents, trademark, and copyright and related rights), as well as an advocacy campaign on the enforcement of IP in order to build respect for intellectual property rights. The IP Roadshow shall visit universities, colleges, and relevant institutes/agencies to conduct a short seminar on IP for 100-250 students per leg. Aside from the theoretical lectures, IP Roadshow also includes fun activities such as games, video presentations, and other interactive activities.
https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/ip-academy/ip-roadshow/
IPOPHL, in recent years, developed a network of 100 ITSOs composed of higher education and research development institutions. This program seeks to foster creation of intellectual property (IP) in the academe and research sectors, particularly in invention and utility models, to increase the national innovative output and to push the presence of Filipino inventions in the international patent system. Likewise, it is setup to strengthen support for our Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as the ITSOs extend technical assistance to MSMEs and local inventors as regards trademark and patent searches as well as drafting of patent, utility model, and industrial design documents.
https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/innovation-technology-support-office-itso/
The JUANA PATENT and JUANA DESIGN PROTECTION (JPIP) is an incentive program that advances government's initiative to boost women, MSME and startup innovativeness and competitiveness. The program will will waive certain fees in favor of 50 inventions, 150 utility models and 150 industrial designs that are qualified. Beneficiaries will also enjoy prioritized and fast-tracked processing of their applications under the JPIP. In the selection process, the individual, MSME or start-up must pass a set of criteria to benefit from the program. For availment of the incentive package, the applications must be filed at IPOPHL, through its headquarters or its Intellectual Property Satellite Offices (IPSOs) in the regions.
https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/juana-patent-and-juana-design-protection-incentive-program/
The IPOPHL recognizes that effectively harnessing the intellectual property system towards economic development is a coordinated, nationwide undertaking. To extend its services and capture IP creators outside of Metro Manila, IPOPHL maintains a network of Intellectual Property Satellite Offices (IPSOs) throughout Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, housed in Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) offices. The IPSO personnel for each regions conduct their own IP dissemination activities and patent/design drafting seminars around the country. https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/intellectual-property-satellite-office-ipso-2/
The Philippines, through the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), has assumed the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC), the group leading the bloc to fulfill its 2025 goal of driving economic prosperity in the region through intellectual property (IP). Remaining areas of work include exploring possibilities of establishing unified regional systems on trademark, patents, and industrial designs. The ASEAN ID Task Force activities are anchored under AWGIPC's deliverables which includes digitization activities, backlog reduction, common guidelines, and harmonization of registration process. The Philippines also participates in EU-ARISE ASEAN Design Convergence Network Meeting which aims to improve ASEAN design services by identifying similarities and differences in industrial design practices among ASEAN member states, as well as to strengthen the efficiency of ASEAN intellectual property (IP) Offices through the convergence of design practices.