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Must always be remembered, it is more than a holiday.

The IP Academy of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines cordially invites all interested individuals to join us for the first IP Academy Annual Recognition and Thanksgiving program on December 11, 2023, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 NN, via Zoom.

We welcome your participation and encourage you to register through the following link: https://bit.ly/IPA_ARTPZoom

Kindly accomplish the registration on or before December 9, 2023.

We look forward to your presence and participation in this momentous event celebrating achievements and expressing gratitude.

welcomes December with a FREE IP Consult and online filing assistance as we celebrate National Exporters Week!

Visit the IPOPHL booth at the Export Enablers Exhibit on December 7, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Sheraton Manila Hotel.

Statement of IPOPHL on the Cancellation of TAPE's Trademark Registration

You can also read the statement here: http://tinyurl.com/98uf94zm

Good governance for groundbreaking results The ENGAS, or Enhanced Electronic New Government Accounting System, is used in generating financial reports consistent with International Public Sector Accounting Standards

Service Advisory: Holiday Schedule for December 2023.

For other concerns, please email the following:
Bureau of Legal Affairs - [email protected]
Bureau of Copyright and Other Related Rights - [email protected]
Bureau of Patents - [email protected]
Bureau of Trademarks - [email protected]
Documentation, Information, and Technology Transfer Bureau - [email protected]
Online Payments - [email protected]

View the full MC here: https://tinyurl.com/yfdumf68

It's December! Christmas songs are now filling the malls, streets and every Filipino house. It's just time for us to feature our Pinoy IP for this month, "Kumukutikutitap" by Joey Albert.

Kumukutikutitap is a 1980s hit song by Joey Albert, composed by National Artist for Music, Ryan Cayabyab. The song was originally composed to be used by a choir to be a contest piece. Since it wasn't used due to unfortunate events in 1983, the song was given to the Singers' Foundation for their Christmas caroling fund-raising activity. Kumukutikutitap was also cited as one of the ten most enduring Christmas songs in the Philippines by critic Ruel Mendoza.

Joey Albert is an award-winning Filipino pop star who boasts of more than 20 studio albums. She was the first Filipino artist to record on CD and also received the Best Female Vocalist trophy during the 1985 Cecil Awards. She also won the Best foreign-based Filipino Performer during the 2019 Aliw Awards. She is now living her life as a daycare teacher and a three-time cancer survivor in Canada.

"Kumukutikutitap" has undoubtedly become one of the most familiar OPM Christmas tunes and is still protected by copyright.

What do you think the song refers to as "kumukutikutitap, bumubusibusilak"? Share your answers in the comment section!