RP court convicts Greenhills video game pirates
VIDEO game pirates, beware. The IPO is out to get you.
The Makati City Regional Trial Court recently convicted the owners of Gamelandia Gaming Enterprises on trademark infringement charges for carrying illegal copies of video game titles.
Makati RTC Judge Sixto Marella, Jr. convicted businessman Simon Chan and his wife Fu Lin Gutierrez to a maximum of five years in jail. The couple was also ordered to each pay 100,000 pesos in fines.
The two were charged for violating the Intellectual Property Code and for infringing the trademark rights of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. of Japan.
Gamelandia was raided by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation and the Intellectual Property Office on November 15, 2000 in their office at the second floor of the Makati Cinema Square.
Agents seized a total of 5,696 pieces of bootlegged Sony Playstation game products and several game titles for other consoles. The confiscated titles are to be destroyed after the court’s latest decision.
The products with fake labels were purchased at 30 pesos each; the original software games are priced between 2,000 pesos and 3,000 pesos each.
IPO Director General Adrian Cristobal hailed the RTC decision as a major victory against IPO violators blatantly selling video game titles in shopping malls.
“Strengthening the IP system is necessary to promote innovation, attract investments, create jobs, and build our technological base. This effort include effective enforcement and prosecution,” Cristobal said
Cristobal, who sat as IPO Director General only last February, promised to rid the country of intellectual property violations and de-list the Philippines from the US Watchlist of IP violators.
He’s working closely with the NBI, Philippine National Police, National Telecommunications Commission, Bureau of Customs, and Optical Media Board to strengthen the protection of IP rights.
The Makati City Regional Trial Court recently convicted the owners of Gamelandia Gaming Enterprises on trademark infringement charges for carrying illegal copies of video game titles.
Makati RTC Judge Sixto Marella, Jr. convicted businessman Simon Chan and his wife Fu Lin Gutierrez to a maximum of five years in jail. The couple was also ordered to each pay 100,000 pesos in fines.
The two were charged for violating the Intellectual Property Code and for infringing the trademark rights of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. of Japan.
Gamelandia was raided by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation and the Intellectual Property Office on November 15, 2000 in their office at the second floor of the Makati Cinema Square.
Agents seized a total of 5,696 pieces of bootlegged Sony Playstation game products and several game titles for other consoles. The confiscated titles are to be destroyed after the court’s latest decision.
The products with fake labels were purchased at 30 pesos each; the original software games are priced between 2,000 pesos and 3,000 pesos each.
IPO Director General Adrian Cristobal hailed the RTC decision as a major victory against IPO violators blatantly selling video game titles in shopping malls.
“Strengthening the IP system is necessary to promote innovation, attract investments, create jobs, and build our technological base. This effort include effective enforcement and prosecution,” Cristobal said
Cristobal, who sat as IPO Director General only last February, promised to rid the country of intellectual property violations and de-list the Philippines from the US Watchlist of IP violators.
He’s working closely with the NBI, Philippine National Police, National Telecommunications Commission, Bureau of Customs, and Optical Media Board to strengthen the protection of IP rights.
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