The Philippines: Declarations of Actual Use for Renewals of Trademark Registrations within 1 year from the Renewal Date for Trademarks for Renewals 2017 Onwards

Event, Intellectual Property, Trademark

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines now requires Declarations of Actual Use for Renewals of Trademark Registrations within 1 year from the Renewal Date. This new requirement only applies to registered marks whose renewal dates fall on 2017 onwards, even if the request for renewal is filed earlier. This is based on: IPOPHL MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR…

Panduan Pendaftaran Merek Di Eropa

Intellectual Property

Dengan semakin maraknya pemasaran produk-produk yang berasal dari Indonesia di luar negeri, maka kebutuhan untuk mendapatkan hak atas Merek dari produk-produk tersebut merupakan salah satu komponen keputusan bisnis yang tidak dapat dikesampingkan. Saat ini, negara-negara Eropa seperti Belanda, Jerman, Swiss, Perancis, dan Italia merupakan tujuan ekspor bagi perusahaan-perusahaan Indonesia. Berdasarkan pengalaman kami, maka produsen makanan…

Amendments to the Indonesian Patent Law: Outsourced Substantive Examination, Restoring Lapsed Patent Registrations, Genetic Resources, and many more.

Intellectual Property

The Directorate General of Intellectual Property of Indonesia proposed several amendments to the current Patent Law No. 14 2001 as it may no longer be relevant to the ever changing technology and rapid growth of innovation both in Indonesia and overseas. The amendment also aims to increase the number or patent applications from Indonesia through…