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On April
26, intellectual-property offices around the globe will
celebrate the 8th World IP Day. “On World Intellectual
Property Day, we pay tribute to the inventors and
artists, great and small, who enrich our existence with
the fruits of their innovative thoughts and creative
vision,” World Intellectual Property Organization
director general Kamil Idris said. He continued: “And we
remember why it is that their intellectual-property
rights [IPR], the rights that they have earned through
their individual and collective talents, deserve our
admiration, our protection and our respect.”
The
Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP
Philippines) is celebrating World IP Day with a series
of activities in April under its copyright and outreach
programs. These programs pay tribute to the creators,
especially the young artists. One such program is the
staging of the art exhibition at our office’s Alab Art
Space of A World of Pun, a multimedia-art exhibition of
John Ryo Manaluz, Jerold Manalili and Cris Dumlao,
senior students at the Asia-Pacific College. A World of
Pun serves as a prelude to the 8th World Intellectual
Property Day celebration.
A World
of Pun, which opened on April 4 at the office’s Alab Art
Space, features a collection of 21 art pieces, rendered
in both traditional and digital media, which juxtapose
signs and symbols with imagery to decode meaning in word
play. Guests of honor in the opening night are Prof.
Napoleon Abueva, National Artist for Visual Arts;
Virgilio Almario, National Artist for Literature; and
Dr. Abdulmari Asia Imao, National Artist for Visual
Arts.
Another
copyright program activity is the art exhibition of
Marcelo Quezon, Marcelo Baldomar, Jun Tuplano, Toby Fule,
Gemart Ortega, Nick Navarro and Avigail Caranto
collectively known as Kulay Cadena (Color Chain). The
exhibition entitled Evolution of an Artist: Quest for
Identity will have its opening night on April 25 at the
Innovation Area with noted visual artist Fernando Cena
as guest of honor.
The
office is hosting the second Summer Art Workshop for IP
Philippines employees and their children after a
successful turnout last year. The workshop, to be held
on April 24 and 25, has two groups: the young kids’ art
workshop for participants aged 10 years old and below,
and the adults’ art workshop for IP Philippines
employees and their children aged 11 years old and
above. Select pieces from the workshop will be included
in an exhibition in June, the office’s anniversary
month.
The
office also inked a partnership with the National Book
Development Board for the World Book and Copyright Day
on April 23. IP Philippines will conduct a basic
copyright seminar to event participants at the Filipinas
Heritage Library.
For our
outreach-program activities, IP Philippines and
BusinessWorld will stage the Best Practices Forum on
Intellectual Property Rights on April 25 at the Blue
Leaf Events Pavilion in Fort Bonifacio. Office
representatives will discuss topics related to IPR
protection in trademarks, copyright and trade secrets.
The
office will also open the Free IP Clinic to the public
on the following dates: April 21, 23 and 25 from
8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Trademark examiners, patent examiners and legal
officers of IP Philippines will be on hand to answer
inquiries on IP and the application or registration
process.
Through
these small but meaningful activities for the World IP
Day, IP Philippines honors Filipino scientists and
inventors, Filipino entrepreneurs and Filipino artists
who add color to our lives with their creations.
The author is the director general of the Intellectual
Property Office of the Philippines. E-mail: dg_asc@ipophil.gov.ph. |
