The IP Coalition awards the IP Seal to eight (8) Manila-based business establishments for their commitment to adopt and implement a policy of intellectual integrity, which entails not only respect for and recognition of their rights to their own intellectual creations, but also the rights of others and to deal only with products and services which do not infringe upon intellectual property rights.

The IP Seal implements one of the IP Coalition’s core visions which is to cultivate public awareness of and respect for Intellectual Property Rights.

To achieve this, the IP Coalition partners with businesses, which, as a matter of policy and practice, observe such standards consistent with IP promotion and protection, and projects them to the world as IP Icons, or as models of best business practices.

The badge of the IP Icons is the IP Seal. The IP Seal conveys the message that the products and services offered by IP Icons are assured of quality, safety, excellence and legitimacy of source or origin.

The Manila-based IP Icons are as follows:

Adi-Asianic Distributors Inc. – ADI-ASIANIC is one of the most competitive dealers and distributors of information technology products in the Philippines particularly the wholesale and retail of computers, computer parts and peripherals. The company has facilitated and served the needs of various prominent industries in the country including telecommunications, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturing companies and other private firms and establishments.

COFTA Mouldings Corporation – As the first in the Philippines to manufacture monobloc plastic chairs, COFTA Mouldings Corporation has been producing high quality plastic products since 1988. Today, with its vast range of durable, highly affordable and masterfully crafted plastic chairs, benches, cabinets, tables and other furniture, COFTA has become the leading plastic furniture brand of choice in institutions all over the country.

LEVIS – Levi Strauss Philippines Inc. (LSPI) ­is a subsidiary of one of the world’s largest brand-name apparel marketers with sales in more than 110 countries around the world. Generations of people have worn its products as a symbol of freedom and self-expression in the face of adversity, challenge and social change.

Microsoft Philippines Inc. – Microsoft Philippines Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based Microsoft Corporation. As the world’s leading software provider, Microsoft strives to produce innovative products that meet the customers’ evolving needs. Microsoft’s vision is to “Empower people through great software – anytime, anywhere and on any device.”

Orion Support Incorporated – Orion Support Incorporated or OSI is considered in the local industry as the premier Philippine private detectives and investigators. The company takes pride in their over 70 years of worldwide investigative experience.

Perceptions Inc. – Perceptions is a public relations company that specializes in PR counseling and various corporate and marketing communications services.

Perceptions is considered as one of the country’s leading PR and corporate communications agencies, counting some of the country’s leading companies and the world’s top multinational firms among its clients.

Quisumbing Torres – As a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, Quisumbing Torres is part of the world’s largest global legal network comprised of more than 3,900 culturally diverse, locally qualified, internationally experienced lawyers based in 69 offices located in 39 countries. With 45 years experience, Quisumbing Torres has been the choice of international companies that are expanding in the Philippines and local companies that are expanding internationally.

SMART Communications, Inc. – SMART is the Philippines’ leading wireless services provider with 43.2 million subscribers on its GSM network as of end-March 2010. SMART has built a reputation for innovation, having introduced world-first wireless data services, including mobile commerce services such as Smart Money, Smart Load and Smart Padala.

Earlier, the IP Coalition named seven Cebu-based IP Icons and awarded them the IP Seal, in addition to Campaigns Cebu and Ayala Center Cebu. They are Alcon Industries Inc., Dash Engineering Philippines Inc., Golden Peak Hotel and Business Suites, Jojo’s Food Products Inc., My Rock Export – Import Inc., Nature’s Legacy and Papicture Studio

“We are very happy that we are finally launching the IP Seal here in Manila. Like our Cebu IP Icons, our Manila IP Icons exemplify in their respective fields the essential values that the IP Seal seeks to convey. We are proud to offer them to the public as sterling examples of best business practices. In a knowledge-based economy, intellectual property creation offers the greatest opportunities for economic growth and sustainability. Our IP Icons will blaze the trail for others to follow, “John Lesaca, IP Coalition Chairman, said.

The IP Seal was designed by no less than the world-class Filipino artist, Joe Datuin, recipient of the Grand Award, Olympic Art and Sports Contest of the International Olympic Committee, Sculpture Category, during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In that competition, Mr. Datuin bested artists from thirty-six countries with his winning masterpiece, “Dancing Rings”, which reinterprets the traditional Olympic logo as the “flight of the athletic spirit”.

The IP Coalition Inc. (“IP Coalition”) is a non-stock, non-profit corporation duly registered under Philippine law. It aims, through focused advocacy, education, and enforcement monitoring programs, to serve as the primary policy caucus of industry organizations and stakeholder associations that promote the protection and advancement of intellectual property rights in the Philippines