Adamson University: ITSO striding out high
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Proof that if top officials of a university throw its full support squarely behind an initiative, the rate of success runs high. In such a way can the story of Adamson University be simply described, insofar as their efforts to promote intellectual property (IP) awareness are concerned (i.e. the essence and benefits of technological creation and innovation, and the imperatives of patenting, or protecting IP rights). The Adamson University is a member of the Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO), a network of patent libraries across the Philippines composed of higher education institutions, research and development institutes, as well as support arms of industrial establishments.
ITSO is a flagship program of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), launched in late 2010 primarily to increase the innovation performance of the country by putting up patent libraries in areas with high potential for patent and IP related activities. Patenting is a legal and procedural mode of securing protection for the IP rights of an invention that may be significantly useful to the business industry, have inherent promise of improving the quality of human life, or that may be potential to rake in economic returns that will benefit not only the inventor but also the national economy.