About IP Manila Associates Inc.
IP Manila is a Philippine investigative firm devoted to intellectual property investigations. Its own site presents its founder, John, as a former Pinkerton manager who pioneered anti-software piracy raids and has supervised various types of IP investigations for over 25 years.
According to the testimonial published on its site, the firm designs long and short-term anti-counterfeiting programs for its clients and organizes training and familiarization programs for government agencies in relation to its clients' products. It also states that he has personally conducted investigative trainings in many other countries at clients' request.
The same published account notes that some of the firm's investigations have reached the Supreme Court and been decided favorably, and that protecting intellectual property rights is presented by the firm as an advocacy as much as a business. The site does not publish an office address or telephone in the pages read, so those fields are left empty rather than taken from directories.
According to the testimonial published on its site, the firm designs long and short-term anti-counterfeiting programs for its clients and organizes training and familiarization programs for government agencies in relation to its clients' products. It also states that he has personally conducted investigative trainings in many other countries at clients' request.
The same published account notes that some of the firm's investigations have reached the Supreme Court and been decided favorably, and that protecting intellectual property rights is presented by the firm as an advocacy as much as a business. The site does not publish an office address or telephone in the pages read, so those fields are left empty rather than taken from directories.