Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) agreed to assist the Brunei Darussalam IP Office (BruIPO) on plans to extend its search and examination services to its patent applications.
“This is the first time another IP office has outsourced IPOPHL for a core service. This shows increased confidence in the efficiency of our processes and our tested and proven expertise in emerging technologies after over 76 years of conducting patent search and examination,” said IPOPHL director-general Rowel Barba, noting the first patent office in the Philippines was established in…
