<P> The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines shortened as IPOPHL, is a government agency in charge of registration of intellectual property and conflict resolution of intellectual property rights in the Philippines . </P> <P> It was established under Republic Act No. 8293 also known as Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, which took effect on January 1, 1998 during the administration President Fidel V. Ramos . </P>

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