September 30, 2015 The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) now allows the submission of sequence listings in electronic format. In Memorandum Circular No. 15-003 (Circular) dated September 8, 2015, the IPOPHL issued guidelines for the submission of the sequence listing in electronic format through CD/DVD storage media for Inventions/utility model applications. The Circular…
The Romans introduced the concept of ownership of movable or immovable property but rarely recognized the exclusive rights of authors or inventors with respect to their creations or inventions. It took the Venetians to enact in 1474 the first statute providing for patents for inventions. England enacted the landmark Statute of Monopolies in 1624 which…
