The Philippines made significant strides in protecting intellectual property rights, as demonstrated by its positive recognition from both the United States Trade Representative and the European Union, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio said in a speech during the Asia Security Conference Exhibition in Singapore Wednesday.
Rubio said the Philippines has had a clean record in the USTR Special 301 Report for the past decade and was removed from the EU’s intellectual property watchlist for the past five years.
Rubio said this means that the country was doing well in terms of protecting intellectual property rights.
The Philippines also continued to maintain a positive track record in the USTR Special 301 Report that evaluates countries with intellectual property issues. Manila has successfully stayed off the piracy watchlist since 2014, after being on it for two decades.