A new report, launched on Tuesday by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), found that the Philippines has built a creative economy with growing global competitiveness. However, it said the country must boost the creation, ownership, and commercialization of Filipino intellectual property (IP) if it hopes to become Asia’s…
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