The Philippine Intellectual Property Office issued on 26 March 2020 Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 2020-008 extending for a period of forty five (45) calendar days the deadline to respond to official actions, declarations, and other documents, including motions for extension of the period to file oppositions to trademark applications, answers, position papers, and appeals, and annuity payments falling from 16 March 2020 to 14 April 2020.
For invention, utility model, industrial design and trademark applications claiming priority date, online filing must still be used to comply with the prescribed period for claiming of priority date. However, based on MC No. 2020-008, payment of filing fees, including claim for convention priority fee of new applications for patents, utility models, industrial designs, and trademarks, with or without claim of priority date, filed from 16 March 2020 to 14 April 2020 through the IPOPHL electronic filing systems are deemed extended for a period of forty five (45) calendar days from the filing date.
MC No. 2020-08 amends paragraph 3 of MC No. 2020-006 and clarifies MC No. 2020-007.
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