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Category: WTO Sub-category: Intellectual Property
Document type: news
The United States has decided to keep Philippines in its intellectual property rights (IPR) watch list because of various law enforcement issues, changes to the patent law and pending amendments to the copyright law.
In a Special 301 Report released on 1st May, 2012, the US Trade Representative declared that eventhough the Philippines had made several gains on IPR laws and enforcement, including the enactment of the Anti-Camcording Act and the closure of two significant notorious markets for counterfeit products, its retention on the list was expected by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL).
However, the Special 301 Report maintained that the number of reasons that kept the Philippines on the watch list was more than the gains noted.
Moreover, of the 40 trading partners, 13 are in a "priority watch list" that includes China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Canada.
US Trade Representative Ronald Kirk also desired for the enactment of a long-pending legislation to amend the copyright law and ensure full implementation of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Internet Treaties as well.
Meanwhile, the US is encouraging Philippines to provide an effective system for protection against the unfair commercial use, as well as unauthorized disclosure of test or other data generated to obtain marketing approval for pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical products.
The US government has also put India, China and Pakistan along with 10 other countries on the "intellectual property watch list" for failing to prevent the theft of copyrighted property.
Some other nations on the watch list are Canada, Argentina, Algeria, Chile, Indonesia, Israel, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine and Venezuela.
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Intellectual property protection in the Philippines is recognized by the Philippine government as vital to the development of domestic and creative activity, facilitates transfer of technology, attracts foreign investments, and ensures market access for our products. Hence, the government resolves to protect and secure the exclusive rights of scientists, inventors, artists and other gifted citizens to their intellectual property and creations, particularly when beneficial to the people.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 17 specialized agencies that carry out various functions on behalf of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world".
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