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Requirements for the Initial Filing of an Application for Registration of Trademark

An application for registration of a mark shall be in Filipino or English and shall contain the following:

1. A request for the registration of a trademark; (to be accomplished by our firm)
2. The name and address of the applicant;
3. The name of a State of which the applicant is a national or where he has domicile; and the name of a State in which the applicant has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment, if any;
4. Where the applicant is a juridical entity, the law under which it is organized and existing;
5. The appointment of an agent or representative, If the applicant is not domiciled in the Philippines;
6. Where the applicant claims the priority of an earlier application, an indication of :
   
   

   1. The name of the State with whose national office the earlier application was filed or it filed with an office other than a national office, the name of the office,
   2. The date on which the earlier application was filed; and
   3. Where available, the application number of the earlier application.
      
      
7. Where the applicant claims color as a distinctive feature of the mark, a statement to that effect as well as the name or names of the color of colors claimed and an indication, in respect of each color, of the principal parts of the mark, a statement to that effect;
8. Where the mark is a three-dimensional mark, a statement to the effect;
9. One or more reproductions of the mark, as prescribed in the Regulations;
10. A transliteration of translation of the mark or of some parts of the mark, as prescribed in the Regulations;
11. The names of the goods or services for which the registration is sought;
12. A signature by, or other self-identification of, the applicant or his representative.
13. The name and address of the creator, or where the applicant is not the creator, a statement indicating the origin of the right to the industrial design registration.