Philippines

Language: Filipino
Population: 108.1 million (2019)
Economic snapshot: Semiconductors and electronic products, transport equipment, garments, copper products, petroleum products, coconut oil and fruits.
GDP: USD 376.8 billion

The Philippines is transitioning from an agrarian based market into services and manufacturing. With close economic and legal ties to the United States other trading partners include Japan, China, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Germany, Taiwan, and Thailand.

DCC Service offering for Philippines

For over ten years, DCC has been working directly with a trusted partner in the Philippines to directly file and prosecute patent, trade mark and design applications.  Our combined operations provide an efficient, secure and cost effective service for our foreign corporate clients and our foreign associates.

The minimum of information needed to effect filing, and gain a valid filing date, is the following: 

For all cases:

1. Applicant(s) name and address

For Convention cases:

1. Priority particulars
2. Description, drawings, claim(s) and an abstract

For National Phase cases: 

1. Copy of published PCT specification
2. Copy of PCT Request

For a national phase entry from a published PCT application, with no changes to the above details, the PCT application/publication number is sufficient.  If a change has been recorded, the form PCT/IB/306

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The minimum information required to file a trade mark application is as follows:

1. Name of Applicant
2. Address of Applicant
3. Citizenship / Country of Incorporation of Applicant
4. The mark to be filed (specimen of the mark in jpeg format for device marks)
5. Details of colour claim, if any
6. The classes and specification of goods and services in English
7. Additional requirements to claim priority: Country, trade mark number and application date of priority application

Documents:

1. Scanned copy of signed Power of Attorney, in colour
2. Scanned copy of certified priority document and its English translation, in colour

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