The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Committee of the Chamber is holding a session entitled: "Respecting IP Laws during the 2022 Election Campaign Period" on 23 March from 10:00 to 11:30 AM with Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) - Bureau of Copyright and Related Rights Director IV, Atty. Emerson Cuyo and Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP) General Manager, Atty. Thursday Alciso.
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Director IV, Bureau of Copyright and Related Rights at Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL)
Atty. Cuyo has more than 20 years of professional experience in both the government and the private sector, serving in various capacities, ranging from technical, supervisory and as part of top management. He is also an educator, having taken up teaching at a local university in the Philippines where he handles courses in law, business management, and research.
Currently, he is Director IV of the Bureau of Copyright and Other Related Rights of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines. He is the first director of the bureau which was constituted only three years ago, in 2019. His Office handles policy issues on copyright and related rights, accreditation of collective management organizations, and adjudication of cases on copyright, among others.
Previous to this, he was employed as Chief Risk Officer of a government financial institution. He was also previously connected with the umbrella organization of Philippine exporters, working in the area of policy advocacy and business development.
Atty. Cuyo holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and is an active member of the local bar association. He also has a Master of Business Administration degree. His undergraduate studies is in Social Sciences with a double major in Economics and Political Science.
General Manager at Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP)
Mark Thursday Alciso is the General Manager of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Inc. (“FILSCAP”), the collective management organization in the Philippines for music creators and copyright owners. FILSCAP primarily licenses the public playing, broadcast, and streaming in the Philippines of copyrighted local and foreign musical compositions.
Mr. Alciso obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from De La Salle University in 1996 and his law degree from the University of the Philippines in 2000. He joined FILSCAP as General Counsel in 2009 and was later promoted to General Manager in 2013. An industry-recognized music copyright expert, Atty. Alciso is a trailblazer in digital music licensing in the Philippines.
