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May 1-31, 2007
BAR conducts IP awareness and training workshop
by Ma. Eloisa E. Hernandez
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| BAR Assistant Director Teodoro S. Solsoloy welcomes the participants of the IP Awareness Training Workshop held at the Bureau. |
The Intellectual Property Rights Office (IPRO) of the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) held a training workshop on 30-31 May 2007 at the RDMIC Conference Room, Diliman, Quezon City to increase the intellectual property (IP) awareness of various attached agencies of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The activity started with a welcome message from BAR Assistant Director Teodoro S. Solsoloy. Dr. Andrea B. Agillon, BAR IPRO head, discussed topics on: (1) IP management in agriculture: relevance of IP in economic development and in encouraging creative talents; and (2) patent documents as a source of technological information.
IPs include patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, utility model, industrial design plant variety protection, and the plant breeders’ rights. Main creators for these IPs are the R&D institutions, inventors, innovators, state colleges and universities (SCUs), and business enterprises.
Engr. Merito J. Carag, chief of the Bureau of Patents of the Intellectual Property Philippines, discussed the concept of patents. He equipped the participants with the basic knowledge on the benefits of seeking patent protection and enumerated steps and the requirements on patent application.
One of the overlapping terms on IP protection is the utility model (UM) or industrial design. Engr. Carag enlightened the participants on the difference of patents from utility model regarded as an enhanced indigenous creativity.
Inventions must pass the test of novelty, inventiveness, and industrial applicability to get a patent while registration for UM requires novelty and industrial applicability. Patent and UM are protected for 20 years and seven years from the date of filing, respectively.
Atty. James Dennis C. Gumpal, IPR and legal counsel of BAR, also served as one of the resource speakers in the training workshop. He lectured topics on copyright and presented the BAR IP Policy.
Copyrightable works are literary, artistic, musical, and scientific works or production. Copyright holders have the right to reproduce, produce derivative works, and distribute to the public through selling, rental, and public performance and display.
The DA-BAR intellectual property management system covers all directly-assisted and contracted agricultural research and development activities of the bureau. One of the principles of the IP Management System encourages agricultural innovation and creativity through promotion of a healthy and conducive environment resulting in the creation of intellectual property and technology. BAR also provides services on prior art search, claim drafting, finalization of paper for submission, and legal counsel.
The second day marked the workshop proper with Atty. Gumpal and Engr. Carag giving an overview on the guidelines on drafting an IPR policy and claim, respectively. The participants were later grouped and asked to report their respective IP policies and claims. The workshop on IP Policy Drafting gave a very good opportunity for all the bureaus and attached agencies that attended and have no IPR Policy yet, to have their policy drafted and commented during the training.
Representatives from the agencies expressed their appreciation and gratitude for having attended the training workshop. Dr. Relicardo Coloso of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD) acknowledged BAR's efforts in creating awareness for the different agencies and bureaus. On his prompting, a proposal for the conduct of IPR seminars in SEAFDEC/AQD inviting the workshop speakers was drafted.
Agencies that participated in the training workshop were SEAFDEC/AQD, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), National Dairy Authority (NDA), and National Tobacco Administration (NTA).
A follow-up training workshop will be conducted for the staff bureaus on 7-8 June 2007. 
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