On 3 July 2024, IPOPHL issued the announcement that to best serve public interest and to streamline work processes in view of the thrust to automate business-related transactions, there is a need to further amend the Trademark Regulations of 2023 to facilitate and expedite the relevant practices pertaining to the renewal of trademark registrations.
The Trademark Regulations of 2023 is amended, as follows:
SECTION 1. Rule 1200 is amended as follows:
RULE 1200. Request for Renewal. -A registration may be renewed for periods of ten (10) years at its expiration upon filing of a request and payment of the prescribed renewal fee including the issuance and publication fees for the Renewal of Registration. The request shall contain the following indications and/or supporting documents:
a) An indication that renewal is sought;
b) The name, address and other contact details of the registrant or successor-in-interest, hereafter referred to as the “right holder”;
c) The registration number;
d) The filing date of the application which resulted in the registration to be renewed;
e) Where the right holder has an authorized representative or agent, the name and address of that representative or agent;
f) The recorded goods or services for which the renewal is requested, grouped according to the classes of the latest version of the Nice Classification; and
g) A signature by the right holder or the right holder's authorized representative or agent.
In case of material variations of the mark, a new application must be filed.
SECTION 2. Rule 1206 is amended as follows:
RULE 1206. Certificate of Renewal of Registration. - The Office shall issue a certificate of renewal upon payment of the required fee for the issuance thereof approval of the renewal request. The issuance of the certificate of renewal shall be published in the IPOPHL eGazette and shall be entered in the records of this Office.
The certificate of renewal of registration shall contain the following:
a) The registration number;
b) The nature of the mark;
c) The mark subject of the renewal;
d) The date of original registration and renewal registration;
e) The duration of the renewal registration;
f) All the data required to be contained in a certificate of registration provided in these Regulations including any limitation contained in the order of the Director approving the renewal of the registration.
SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. - All rules and regulations, orders, circulars, and memoranda or parts thereof that are inconsistent with these Regulations are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 4. Separability Clause. If any provision in these Regulations or application of such provision to any circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of these Regulations shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 5. Effectivity. - These Regulations shall take effect on 25 July 2024, after publication in a newspaper of general circulation and posting on the IPOPHL website.
Information resource:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z90xRttzEC9y0BTdwGIm3QqlyIDPQx0a/view
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