The Municipality of Bacnotan, La Union was recognized by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) as top 3 among the 1st and 2nd (class) municipalities with the highest number of filed Intellectual Properties (IPs).
The award was received by Hon. Divina C. Fontanilla, Mayor of the Municipality of Bacnotan, during the Philippine Creative Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Congress held at the Philippine International Convention Center on September 28, 2023. The award was based on the number of intellectual property (IP) applications and approved registrations in 2022.
Bacnotan, La Union registered 247 IPs. Taytay, Rizal, the top 1, registered 524 while Cainta, Rizal, the top 2, registered 349.
Hon. Fontanilla attributes the award to DMMMSU as all 247 IP registrations are owned and registered by DMMMSU.
“CMCI is the most comprehensive annual ranking of Local Government Units (LGU’s) in the Philippines, at the provincial, city, and municipal levels, based on the data on economic dynamism, government efficiency, resiliency, infrastructure, and innovation gathered and processed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to determine the levels of competitiveness.”
IPs are under the innovation pillar, which refers to the ability of a locality to harness its creative potential to improve or sustain current levels of productivity.
To date, the Philippines has surpassed the expected level of innovation output based on its inputs and GDP per capita, and La Union ranks 7th among the 82 municipalities in the Philippines based on CMCI. (By Ayu)