MOSVELDTT Law

08/09/2022

22/07/2022

𝗜𝗣𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗟 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) issued Memorandum Circular No, 2022-013 in May 2022. The Circular, which took effect on 30 June 2022, amended the rules and regulations on Inter Partes proceedings.

The Circular now prescribes the filing and service of pleadings, motions, orders, summons, and decisions by electronic mail. It also allows for omnibus pleadings, which covers more than one application or registration in cases between the same parties.

Notable is the change from multiple thirty (30)-day extensions to a one-time (forty-five) 45-day extension for the filing of Oppositions and Answers. The period for rendering decisions has been pegged at 20 calendar days, extendible once for the same period.

From (ten) 10 days, the reglementary period for appeals has been lengthened to (fifteen) 15 days, with a one-time extension of another (fifteen) 15 days upon motion on meritorious grounds.

Inter Partes cases commence when there is an opposition to an application for a mark, a petition to cancel the registration of an intellectual property right, or a petition for compulsory licensing.

21/06/2022

MOSVELDTT Law was featured in an article published by BusinessMirror.

Read the article here: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/06/08/unionbanks-blockchain-tech-patented/

09/06/2022

𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐓𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐁𝐏 𝐈𝐏 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐋 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫

UnionBank Vice President and Intellectual Property Supervisor Maria Francesca Montes, and MOSVELDTT Law’s IP Dept. Head Darwin Angeles recently spoke before the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) in a webinar entitled 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 (𝗜𝗣) 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗣 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 on 25 May 2022.

Both lawyers briefed the IPOPHL's examiners and personnel on new developments in tech that might impact the field of intellectual property law administration and regulation in the country. In addition, Ms. Montes presented updates on recent jurisprudence on Intellectual Property Law. She also gave tips on the study and recall of jurisprudence. For his part, Mr. Angeles gave a rundown of civil and criminal procedure involving IP rights cases. His lecture shed light on the changes brought about by the 2020 Revised Rules of Procedure on IP rights cases.

Catch more of IP experts Ms. Montes and Mr. Angeles on upcoming events in the field of Intellectual Property Law.