PHL Set to Destroy PHP 9.3 Billion Worth of Counterfeit Goods

 

Sustaining its gains in intellectual property rights enforcement, the PHL is set to destroy this month Php 9.3 Billion worth of counterfeit goods in Cabuyao, Laguna.
Today, Php 300,000 of the Php 9.3B is condemned. The seized goods consist of various items ranging from shirts, shoes, toys, electronic products and food seasoning.
The commencement of the month-long destruction was spearheaded by Commissioner Alberto D. Lina of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Director General Josephine R. Santiago of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) and the members of the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR).