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Patent your work, IPOPHL advises handloom weavers

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 08:51 PM

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines urged handloom weavers to protect the intellectual property of their original designs and inventions. Read more »

US jury orders Meta to pay $174.5M for violating patents

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 22 09:36 AM

A US jury on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay $174.5 million for violating live-streaming patents developed by a US Army veteran seeking to fix shortcomings in battlefield communications. Read more »

‘CTTO’ violates intellectual property laws: regulator

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 01:06 PM

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) urged creators to protect their original and innovative works through copyrights, trademarks and patents. Read more »

ALAMIN: Usaping intellectual property, trademark, copyright

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 10:17 AM

Ipinaliwanag ni Atty. Rowel Barba, Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, kung ano ang tinatawag na 'intellectual property'. Read more »

Waive patent for COVID vaccines, drugs: health advocates

Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 11:53 PM

Patent protection should be waived for vaccines and drugs vs COVID-19 so that poorer countries can have better access to these, advocates said. Read more »

PH backs patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel and Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 06:18 PM

The Philippines backs a proposal to waive intellectual property protection on COVID-19 vaccines to enable poor countries to produce its own jabs. Read more »

WHO boss says vaccine IP waiver not a property 'snatch'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 12:35 PM

The World Health Organization on Wednesday sought to reassure pharmaceutical companies that a proposal to suspend patent rights on Covid-19 vaccines was not a bid to "snatch" their intellectual property rights.   Read more »

Health group pushes for global patent waiver for quick access to COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 11:41 AM

MANILA - A health advocacy group is pushing for a waiver of vaccine patents in hopes of jumpstarting production of COVID-19 jabs in the country amid the still raging pandemic. Read more »

China says backs talks on IP waiver for COVID-19 vaccines

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 08:20 PM

China supports talks on waiving intellectual property protections on COVID-19 vaccines, Beijing's commerce ministry said Thursday, amid a global push to widen access to jabs. Read more »

US wants COVID vaccine patent waiver to benefit world, not boost China biotech

Andrea Shalal, Carl O'Donnell and David Lawder, Reuters
Posted at May 09 01:42 PM

The Biden administration is examining ways to ensure that a waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents to aid poor countries will not hand sensitive US biopharmaceutical technology to China and Russia, responding to a chorus of concerns, US and industry officials say. Read more »

EU seeks 'concrete' US plan on lifting vaccine patents

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 06:00 PM

EU chief Charles Michel said the bloc is ready to discuss a US proposal to lift patents on Covid-19 vaccines once the details are clear. Read more »

Pope Francis backs waivers on intellectual property rights for vaccines

Reuters
Updated as of May 08 06:00 PM

Pope Francis on Saturday supported waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, backing a proposal by U.S. President Joe Biden that has been rebuffed by some European nations, including Germany. Read more »

Putin backs Russia waiving patents on its COVID-19 jabs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 02:35 AM

French, German and EU leadership said they were ready to discuss a proposal by US President Joe Biden, before Putin added his support. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver talks could still take months

Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters
Posted at May 07 12:24 AM

President Joe Biden threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines in a sharp US reversal, but it could take months for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to hammer out any deal. Read more »

WHO's Tedros hails 'historic' US support for vaccine patent waiver

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 07:40 AM

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday hailed the United States' support for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, describing it as a "historic decision".   Read more »

Pressure grows on world leaders to scrap patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Updated as of May 03 01:00 AM

The World Trade Organization is considering a proposal to waive intellectual property rights amid a surge in cases in India. Pressure is mounting on world leaders to back the moves and there are signs that the US is seriously considering the proposal. Read more »

China extends innovation lead over US

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 06:52 PM

China, which last year overtook the United States as the world's top filer of international patents, a key measure of technical innovation, increased its lead significantly in 2020, the UN said Tuesday.   Read more »

Apple must pay $500 million over patent violations, US court rules

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 01:59 AM

A Texas court has ordered Apple to pay more than $500 million in damages and interest for 4G patent infringements held by intellectual property company PanOptis.   Read more »

In a first, China knocks US from top spot in global patent race

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 02:25 PM

China was the biggest source of applications for international patents in the world last year, pushing the United States out of the top spot it has held since the global system was set up more than 40 years ago, the UN patent agency said on Tuesday.  Read more »