Intellectual Property

The Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development (OVCRD), through the Research Dissemination and Utilization Office, handles the IPR protection, and commercial applications and marketing of research outputs of UP Diliman personnel.  These include assisting the university personnel in the protection, licensing, patenting and/or copyrighting of their R&D work as indicated in the Minutes of the 1124th meeting of the Board of Regents on 24 September 1998, approving the Proposal for the Creation of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development in UP Diliman.

For information on patent and copyright, you may refer to the following sources:

• Patent Application Flowchart for UP Research
  Flowchart of Protocol for the Protection and Commercialization of Intellectual Property

• Quick Guide on Patents and Patent Application
  Compiled by: Cedrik Ben Gayares and May DC. Japson
  Reviewed by: Dr. Corazon D. Villareal
  In consultation with: Atty. Vyva Victoria M. Aguirre

• Quick Guide on Copyright and Copyright Registration
  Compiled by: May DC. Japson
  Reviewed by: Dr. Corazon D. Villareal
  In consultation with: Atty. Vyva Victoria M. Aguirre

About University of the Philippines Intellectual Property Rights

• Primer on Governing Principles and Policies on Intellectual Property Rights of the University of the Philippines
  
• UP System Intellectual Property Rights Guidelines

UP Intellectual Property Rights Forms

• Copyright Information Form

The author/s is/are requested to fill in the Copyright Information Form so that the University offices concerned   will be able to give a sound assessment on matters relating to ownership, rights and obligations of the author/s.To download the Copyright Information Form, click HERE.

For the Copyright Application Form, click HERE.

• Invention Disclosure Form
  The Invention Disclosure Form is the initial step in the process of determining the commercial viability of your invention. Completion of the form will assist OVCRD in having a record of the date of conception of the invention and provide relevant information that would help in the evaluation, subsequent protection and commercialization of the intellectual property created out of the invention.

To download the Invention Disclosure Form, click HERE.

• Trademark Application Form

To download the Trademark Application Form, click HERE.

Inquiries and communications on matters related to the intellectual property of the University of the   Philippines, Diliman are to be addressed to the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development through the Director of Research Dissemination and Utilization Office.  Contact persons are May Japson and Cedrik Ben Gayares who can be reached at telephone nos. 981-8500 local 4048 and 927-2568, respectively or at the email address of rduo.ovcrd@up.edu.ph.