The Open Computing Alliance (OCA), an international agency for intellectual property and trade, reminded the export industry and supply chain in Cebu City and in the Philippines in general to adhere to legal software licensing and usage, to avoid being subjected to possible charges of unfair competition as covered by the laws of the United States.
In a seminar conducted recently by the organization and endorsed by the American Chamber of Commerce for Cebu-based exporters, Michael Mudd, OCA secretary-general for Asia Pacific, cited new developments in US unfair competition laws requiring US trading partners to use only legitimate information technology (IT), including software, in carrying out their manufacturing and commercial activities.
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