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+ May 13, 2021 MICRO, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) should look into investing in intellectual property (IP) protection as they grow their businesses and expand their markets in the era of e-commerce, as not giving this priority could have unfortunate consequences.
Carissa Cruz-Evangelista, founder-member of the Philippine Fashion Coalition, advised MSMEs to earmark some budget for IP protection and register their brands.
Speaking in a webinar, she noted that IP protection often takes a back seat to companies’ other priorities like staff salaries and product marketing and development.
“But now with e-commerce on the rise we also have the threat of more counterfeiting and we need to have an IP protection budget both for smaller and bigger brands,” Evangelista said.