http://www.interaksyon.com/business/56498/pnoy-signs-into-law-amendments-to-ip-codeMANILA - President Benigno S.C. Aquino III has signed the amendment to the Intellectual Property (IP) Code, which allegedly curtails the rights to bring in imported books and optical media as well as download content from the Internet.
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) on March 4 received a copy of Republic Act No. 10372 entitled “An Act Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 8293, otherwise Known As The ‘Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines,’ and for other purposes.â€
The President signed RA 10372 on February 28.
The amended IP Code will give IPOPHL law enforcement powers. Prior to the amendment, only enforcement agencies belonging to the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR)—the Bureau of Customs, National Bureau of Investigation, Optical Media Board and Philippine National Police—can catch counterfeiters.
Police powers for IPOPHL will boost the government’s anti-piracy efforts, the agency had said.
RA 10372 will take effect 15 days after its publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation.
IPOPHL had said the public will be given wider participation in drafting the amended IP Code’s implementing rules and regulations (IRR).
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