AIPLA x FEDERIS: Women in IP Law (WIP) Global Networking Event 2026 #WIPNE
The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its annual Women in IP Law (WIP) Global Networking Event on April 16, 2026, at 6:00 PM, bringing together women leaders, practitioners, and advocates in intellectual property from across the globe. This year’s theme, “Rooted in Real – Women in IP Redefining the Narrative,” is an […]
Alo, LLC secures win for its highly distinctive mark “ALO”
September 12, 2024 Alo, LLC, the entity behind the leading lifestyle brand ALO, and premium athletic apparel retailer ALO YOGA, recently secured a win in an opposition against the application for trademark registration of the confusingly similar mark ALODERMA. The Bureau of Legal Affairs applied the Dominancy Test, and found that ALODERMA contains the entirety […]
GoPro Wins an Opposition Against “ZOMAX”
September 11, 2024 Worldwide, GoPro, Inc. is known for its series of adventure and action cameras, lauding image and video quality, versatility, and durability of its products. GoPro has sold millions and millions of its cameras around the world. In 2019, GoPro launched MAX which features a 360-degree camera that allows the user to shoot […]
NBI seizes over 10,000 counterfeit SHIMANO goods
On 15 March 2022, lawyers of Federis & Associates accompanied agents of the National Bureau of Investigation’s Intellectual Property Rights Division in searching and raiding the premises of HYX Enterprises, suspected seller of counterfeit SHIMANO products located in Guiguinto, Bulacan. The raid yielded thousands of of SHIMANO-marked bike parts, accessories and fittings, which were later […]
PHILIPPINES: COVID-19 UPDATE
Following President Duterte’s declaration of state of public health emergency and the imposition of an “enhanced community quarantine” for Metro Manila effective March 15, 2020 to April 14, 2020, the Philippine Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHIL) announced changes in the way it will operate during the quarantine period. These are: All new applications for patents, utility models, […]
Supreme Court affirms a second time the well-known status of PHILIPS
May 30, 2017 The Philippine Supreme Court has handed down to giant Dutch company, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (KPENV), a win in the latter’s long battle to keep a local businessman from getting a registration for the trademark PHILITES and P Device. PHILIPS has been a leading brand in lighting products and has had presence […]
IPOPHL Revised Fee Structure of 2017
Please be advised that a directive has been issued by our Intellectual Property Office increasing the official fees by 20%. The increased fees will take effect on January 1, 2017. Below is a table showing the current rates of official fees, alongside with the corresponding increased fees for 2017.
Industrial Design: The Inseparability of Priority from Novelty
November 10, 2016 The essence of prior art as a bar to the registrability of a design lies not only in its similarity with the disputed design but also in the fact that it enjoys precedence. As the adage goes, “first in time, first in right”. The case of KPI Manufacturing, Inc. doing business under […]
IPOPHL Launches Industrial Design Electronic Filing System
November 9, 2016 The Philippine Intellectual Property Office launched an electronic filing system for industrial design on November 2, 2016 called EIDFILE. Under the system, applicants seeking protection for industrial design can file his application by the use of a computer terminal with latest versions of web browsers. Applicants may file applications for industrial design […]
Fashion house Stella McCartney Limited loses an opposition against the Malaysian brand ST ELLA
November 8, 2016 The fashion house Stella McCartney Limited (“opposer”), known for its ready-to-wear apparel, accessories, lingerie, eyewear, and fragrances opposed the registration in the Philippines of the trademark ST ELLA owned by the Malaysian company, Melilea (“applicant”). Melilea filed an application to register ST ELLA designating, among others, soaps, perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics, hair […]