PHL Intellectual Property Office getting ISO certification

For heeding global standards in its fight to protect copyrights and overcome the proliferation of counterfeit products, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines will be certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). 

 

IPO director general Ricardo Blancaflor told reporters this is the first ever ISO certification for IPO Philippines. "We expect the certification from the ISO in January this year," he said.

 

Apart from meeting its goals and target. The IPO official said the office was able to bring its message 

across to people that matter especially in its information campaign on the importance of copyright protection. 

 

"Our processes are simple and well-explained, streamlined and the documentation processes are well managed," Blancaflor noted.

 

According to the BusinessDictionary.com, ISO is “a voluntary, non-treaty federation of standards setting bodies of some 130 countries... that promotes development of standardization and related activities to facilitate international trade in goods and services, and cooperation on economic, intellectual, scientific, and technological aspects.”

 

It was founded “in 1946-47 in Geneva as a UN agency,” it added.

 

IPO expect the value of seized goods to reach P5.4 billion last year. — VS, GMA News