Transform Your Ideas into Patented Innovations! Do you have a brilliant idea for a product, process, or technology but don’t know how to protect it? Are you working on your thesis and wondering if your research is patentable? Or are you about to start a new project and want to ensure it’s novel, useful, and patentable? If so, this workshop is for you! The Ateneo Intellectual Property Office (AIPO) invites you to our 4 Day Patent Searching & Patent Drafting Workshop, a hands-

Are you ready to think outside the box, solve real-world challenges, and design solutions that matter for people and society? We invite you to our 2026 Design Thinking Workshop Series now enhanced with HCD+!

The Ateneo Intellectual Property Office (AIPO) partnered with Sterling Bank of Asia to host a full-day Design Thinking Workshop on July 24, 2026, at the bank's Head Office in San Juan City. The session brought together 25 participants from across the bank's business units for an immersive, hands-on experience in human-centered problem-solving. Group photo of Design Thinking Workshop Participants Sterling Bank of Asia, one of the Philippines' most progressive savings banks, ha

Bouldering at an Indoor Climbing Gym (Image from TripAdvisor) Each year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) selects a theme that shows how intellectual property touches ordinary life. For 2026, that theme is "IP and Sports: Ready, Set, Innovate", a reminder that patents, trademarks, and copyrights are working quietly behind the scenes of every sport and driving the innovation that keeps athletes performing at their best. (World Intellectual Property Organizat

AI-generated image via Imagen 3 by Google Usually, we are not aware of what went into the designs of objects: everyday things like the clothes we wear, structures like the floors and roads we walk on, or even impressive systems like Wi-Fi. We might assume that many of the things we use are meticulously designed and engineered. In many ways, they can, but it is one-sided, flattening the ways we look at design and, in a way, our understanding of the world. And the “magical” pro

Image: AIPO interns take part in a commemorative photo with the Protection and Education Group after attending the Intellectual Property Awareness Session on June 29, 2026. The Protection and Education Group (PEG) of the Ateneo Intellectual Property Office (AIPO) conducted Intellectual Property Awareness Sessions on June 29, 2026, for AIPO interns and on July 1, 2026, for Computer Science students. These sessions were organized and facilitated by Ms Madielaine Fatallo and Ms

Quezon City, Philippines | June 23–24, 2026 — The IMPACT-NXT Project successfully conducted the Technology Transfer Assessors' Training on June 23–24, 2026 at Ateneo de Manila University, bringing together experienced Technology Transfer professionals from universities, research institutions, and partner agencies across the country. The two-day training aimed to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and ethical foundations needed to conduct standardized, unbiased, an

On June 24-25, 30, and July 1-2, 2026, the IP Academy of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), in partnership with the Ateneo Intellectual Property Office (AIPO), hosted the 7th IP Boost Camp 2026, held at the PLDT-CTC Bldg. Ateneo de Manila University. Sixty (60) undergraduate and law students from universities and colleges nationwide attended the five-day training program, participating in various lectures, group and individual activities, and assess

Ateneo Blue Nest, the official startup incubator of the Ateneo Intellectual Property Office (AIPO), in partnership with Keepital, successfully concluded the Digital Marketing Accelerator Program, a four-week learning journey designed to help entrepreneurs, startup founders, professionals, business owners, and aspiring digital marketers strengthen their digital capabilities. Held at Ateneo de Manila University on June 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2026, the program provided participants

As the Philippines celebrates Independence Day, Intellectual Property (IP) can be seen as a powerful tool for preserving national identity, encouraging innovation and strengthening economic independence. While political independence allows a nation to be able to freely govern itself, intellectual property allows its citizens to be able to create, protect, and benefit from their own ideas, inventions, and cultural expressions. Copyright protection helps preserve Filipino liter