Agency Name: | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines |
Headquarters: | Intellectual Property Center, 28 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill Town Center, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig |
Chief1 Name: | Rowel S. Barba |
Chief1 Position: | Director General |
Agency Type: | Intellectual property organization |
Parent Agency: | Department of Trade and Industry |
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines shortened as IPOPHL, is a government agency attached to the Department of Trade and Industry in charge of registration of intellectual property and conflict resolution of intellectual property rights in the Philippines.
It was established under Republic Act No. 8293 also known as Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, which took effect on January 1, 1998, during the administration President Fidel V. Ramos.[1] [2]