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 name and 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 is required. EXCEPT where you claim to be a Small Entity and wish to pay the filing fee on that 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. The filing 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 Million Pesos (P20M) or less; or, 2. Any entity, agency, office, bureau or unit of the Philippine government including government-owned or controlled corporations, state universities and colleges and government- or government-run schools. A big entity is any natural or juridical person other than a small entity as defined above. Any natural or juridical person is presumed to be a big entity unless a written statement to the contrary is submitted by such natural person or the duly authorized representative of such juridical person. A small entity is entitled to a fifty percent (50%) reduction of the rates unless otherwise provided in the Rules. Entitlement to the reduction of rate may be claimed at the time of payment by

submitting the sworn statement mentioned earlier. Said written statement shall be submitted only once for each application, case or registration. The change in status or any assignment or other transfer from big entity to small entity 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 other transfer from small entity to big entity shall not result in any increase of fees paid prior 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, but which you may already include to facilitate the formal examination are:

Name of the state where you are a national, domiciled or have a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment If you are a juridical entity, the law under which you are organized and existing 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 filing date and, if available, the application number If color is claimed, the details of the claim, i.e.: name or names of the color or 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 Bureau Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines 2nd Floor, IPO Building, 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City Tel. Nos.: 752-5450 to 65 local 207 Telefax: 897-1724 E-mail address: DITTB@ipophilippines.gov.ph