Warrantless Search For Copyright Infringement
First was the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (RA 10175) which was issued temporary restraining order until further notice by the Supreme Court after fifteen (15) cases were filed against it for curtailing the internet freedom of Filipinos. ... read more
Raiding A School For Software Piracy
On the same day that I posted an article about boosting the fight against software piracy, officials of the National Bureau of Investigation-Intellectual Property Rights Division (NBI-IPRD) conducted a raid at the Makati Campus of AMA Computer University ... read more
Boosting The Fight Against Piracy
The Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT), the task force in charge of curbing piracy in the country, celebrated its sixth (6th) anniversary recently with the addition of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) as its newest member. ... read more
Downgrading The Country To Priority Watch List
Do not be surprised if the Philippines will be downgraded by the US government to “Priority Watch List” because of the country’s bad intellectual property (IP) protection record. In spite of our being retained in the “Ordinary Watch ... read more
Philippines Still In US Piracy Watch List
According to the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), our country remains included in the US government’s piracy watch list even after an out-of-cycle review (OCR) conducted last year. IPOPHL said the result of the 2010 Special ... read more
Microsoft Rental Rights Agreement for I-Cafés
This is an old subject but because of PAPT’s recent announcement to crackdown on software piracy again, many questions are asked in different forums so I take the liberty to quote an old news release. I believe it ... read more
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