BCCS Law · Betita Cabilao Casuela Sarmiento
Practice Guides
Plain-language orientation on Philippine intellectual property and data protection, written for in-house counsel, brand owners, and foreign associates. Each guide maps the law, the procedure, and the practical decisions, with the operative statutes and rulings cited so you can go deeper. Browse by area, or search for a topic.
Trademarks
Clearing, registering, maintaining, and defending marks in a first-to-file jurisdiction.
Trademark Registration
From clearance search to certificate: filing, examination, publication, and registration of a mark in the Philippines.
→ TrademarksThe Madrid Protocol
Securing protection in the Philippines through an international registration, and the local steps that follow designation.
→ Trademarks UpdatedTrademark Use, DAU & DNU
The use requirement that keeps a registration alive: declaration deadlines, accepted evidence, and the non-use exception.
→ TrademarksProper Trademark Use
Using a mark consistently and correctly so that it is not weakened, genericized, or lost over time.
→ TrademarksTrademark Oppositions
Challenging a conflicting application before the IPOPHL Bureau of Legal Affairs: grounds, timing, and procedure.
→ Trademarks NewWell-Known Marks & the Register
The broader protection famous marks enjoy, and IPOPHL’s new administrative Register of Well-Known Marks.
→Patents
Protecting inventions, from patentability through prosecution.
IP Enforcement & Border Control
Stopping infringement, in the market and at the border.
IP Enforcement in the Philippines
The civil, criminal, and administrative routes against infringers, and how to choose among them for a given dispute.
→ Border Control UpdatedCustoms Recordal of IP Rights
Recording rights with the Bureau of Customs to intercept counterfeit and pirated imports before they reach the market.
→Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
Meeting the Data Privacy Act and the National Privacy Commission’s expectations.
Regulatory Compliance
Building Data Privacy Act compliance: registration, the data protection officer, and ongoing accountability obligations.
→ Data PrivacyBreach Notification
When a personal data breach must be reported, and how to notify the NPC and the affected individuals within the rules.
→Licensing & Technology Transfer
Commercializing IP through licensing, franchising, and technology transfer.
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