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BOOKING.COM is not generic
Booking.com B. V. (the “Booking.com”), an enterprise that maintains a travel-reservation website, sought to register the mark BOOKING.COM. Both a USPTO examining attorney and the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal [...]
Revised Rules on Voluntary Licensing
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) issued the Revised Rules & Regulations on Voluntary Licensing (Memorandum Circular No. 2020-002) that took effect on 21 February 2020. The salient [...]
IPOPHL Shall Resume Operations
IPOPHL issued an advisory with regard to the resumption of its limited operations on 25 May 2020. The salient portions of the advisory are provided below: Cashiering operations at the [...]
IPOPHL Online Mediation
To ensure the continued delivery of mediation services in a safe and convenient manner during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) now allows [...]
IPOPHL ECQ Extension Guidelines
Due to the extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), IPOPHIL has issued ECQ extension guidelines regarding the adjustment of the compliance dates affected by the new ECQ period. The [...]
Amendments to Inter Partes Rules 2020
To provide speedy, quality and effective legal remedies to resolve IP disputes, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) issued the Amendments to the Rules and Regulations on Inter [...]