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TRADEMARK-RELATED QUESTIONS
1. How do I register my trademark?
To obtain a filing date, you only need to submit:
Request to register a mark; Your identity, contact address and
signature. If you are a non-resident
registrant, the nameand address of your resident agent;
A reproduction of the mark; List of goods or services sought to
be included; and Filing fee in full amount
No attestation, notarization, authentication, legalization or
other certification isrequired.
EXCEPT where you claim to be a Small Entity and wish to pay the
filing fee onthat basis. Otherwise, all applicants are presumed to
be Big Entities.
2. How much is the filing fee for marks?
The filing fee is P2,181.60 for Big Entities and P1,090.80 for
Small Entities. Thefiling fee is computed and due for each class of
goods or services.
A small entity is:
1. Any natural or juridical person whose assets are worth Twenty
MillionPesos (P20M) or less; or,
2. Any entity, agency, office, bureau or unit of the Philippine
governmentincluding government-owned or controlled corporations,
state universitiesand colleges and government- or government-run
schools.
A big entity is any natural or juridical person other than a
small entity as definedabove.
Any natural or juridical person is presumed to be a big entity
unless a writtenstatement to the contrary is submitted by such
natural person or the dulyauthorized representative of such
juridical person.
A small entity is entitled to a fifty percent (50%) reduction of
the rates unlessotherwise provided in the Rules.
Entitlement to the reduction of rate may be claimed at the time
of payment by
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submitting the sworn statement mentioned earlier. Said written
statement shall besubmitted only once for each application, case or
registration.
The change in status or any assignment or other transfer from
big entity to smallentity shall not result in any refund whatsoever
of any payment made prior to the
submission of the sworn statement. A change in status,
assignment or othertransfer from small entity to big entity shall
not result in any increase of fees paidprior to the recordal of the
change, assignment or other transfer.
3. Are there other requirements for trademark applications?
The other formal requirements, which are not necessary at the
point of filing, butwhich you may already include to facilitate the
formal examination are:
Name of the state where you are a national, domiciled or have a
real andeffective industrial or commercial establishment
If you are a juridical entity, the law under which you are
organized andexisting Where priority of an earlier application is
claimed, details of the claim, i.e.:
name of the state or office where the earlier application was
filed, its filingdate and, if available, the application number
If color is claimed, the details of the claim, i.e.: name or
names of the coloror colors claimed and the principal part or parts
of the mark in that color
Indicate if the mark is three-dimensional Transliteration or
translation of the mark or part of the mark Ten facsimiles of the
mark.
4. Application Forms for mark where can I get them?
To help you comply with the filing date and the other formal
requirements,
Forms are downloadable from this IPO Website under SERVICES
Or, at the:
Documentation Information and Technology Transfer
BureauIntellectual Property Office of the Philippines
2nd Floor, IPO Building, 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati
CityTel. Nos.: 752-5450 to 65 local 207Telefax: 897-1724E-mail
address: [email protected]
