1. The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines
IPO
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

2. Intellectual Property Office
Established through RA 8293, or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines divided into:
The Bureau of Patents
The Bureau of Trademarks
The Bureau of Legal Affairs
The Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau
The Administrative, Financial and Personnel Services Bureau

3. What does it do? Examines applications for patents for inventions
Registers utility models and industrial designs
Examines applications for registration of marks, indication and integrated circuits
Registers technology transfer arrangements
Settles disputes involving technology transport payments

4. What does it do?
Develops and Implements strategies to promote and facilitate technology transfer
Promotes the use of patent information for the development of technology
Publishes the patents, marks, utility models and industrial designs it has issued and approved as well as the technology transfer arrangements that have been registered

5. What does it do?
Settles contested proceedings which affect Intellectual Property rights
Coordinates with other government agencies and the private sector to formulate and implement plans and policies which increase the protection of intellectual property rights in the Philippines. (Anti-Piracy)

6. Taken from the IPO website

7. Who are they? ADRIAN S. CRISTOBAL JR. Director General
PACIFICO A. AVENIDO Deputy Director General
IRENEO M. GALICIA Deputy Director General
CARMEN G. PERALTA Director - Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau

8. Who are they?
ROLANDO B. SAQUILABON Assistant Director - Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau
EPIFANIO M. EVASCO Director - Bureau of Patents
ESTRELITA B. ABELARDO Director - Bureau of Legal Affairs
EDWIN DANILO A. DATING Assistant Director - Bureau of Legal Affairs

9. Who are they?
CORAZON T. MARQUESES Director - Administrative, Financial and Human Resources Development Service Bureau
ERIC T. LANADO Assistant Director - Administrative, Financial and Human Resources Development Service Bureau

10. Who are they?
CECILIO M. FERNANDEZ Director - Management Information System & Electronic Data Processing Bureau
LOURDES F. ALABARCA Assistant Director - Management Information System & Electronic Data Processing Bureau
LENY B. RAZ Director - Bureau of Trademarks
CORAZON DP MARCIAL Assistant Director - Bureau of Trademarks

11. IPO Building; 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City Philippines 1200
Where are they found?
Your Local IPO can be found in (there’s only one):
IPO Building; 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City Philippines 1200

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