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Month: November 2016

INTA Leadership and 2017 Annual Meeting

Two of our Firm’s Partners, Andre Betita and Joseph Sarmiento, recently attended the INTA Leadership Meeting in Hollywood, Florida. Both partners actively participated in the Leadership Meeting in their respective Committees. Andre Betita is a member of the Enforcement Committee, while Joseph Sarmiento is a member of the Trademarks Practices Committee.  They also met with existing and prospective clients and correspondent firms. 
 
All of our Firm’s partners will be attending the 2017 INTA Annual Meeting at Barcelona. If you would like to set up a meeting with any of them, please do not hesitate to send us an e-mail at INTA@bccslaw.com.  

IPOPHL Revises Fee Structure

The Philippine Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) will increase its official fees effective 1 January 2017. To minimize costs in pursuing intellectual property rights protection before the IPOPHL, we recommend filing any applications that are in the pipeline before the end of the year. For more information on the revisions, you may click this link.

New Trademark Forms

The Philippine Trademark Office has issued new forms for trademark applications, declarations of use, renewals, etc. The old forms will only be accepted until December 2016.