Welcome to Bucoy Poblador & Associates

Member: Paris Convention;
One trademark application can cover more than one (1) class;
Duration of examination till registration: about 9 months, of which 3 months is for formality examination and 6 months is for substantive examination;
Term of Protection: valid for ten (10) years from the filing date of the trademark application and can be renewed indefinitely for consecutive periods of ten (10) years;
Trademark Registration Certificate may be suspended by a request made by any third party if the mark is not used in five (5) successive years without any proper reason.

Duly accomplished trademark application form – (to be accomplished by our Firm but we need the following information:
1. A facsimile of the mark for registration;
2. Name, address and nationality of the applicant;
3. Description of the trademark; meaning (if any), colors claimed, translation or transliteration of characters into English if the mark contains foreign characters;
4. List of goods/services to be covered bye the trademark and if possible, the class(es) of the respective goods/services according to the Nice International Classification.
Simply signed Authorization and Appointment of Resident Agent;
20 specimens of the mark (prepared at our end to ensure full compliance with the formal requirements);
If Convention priority is claimed; a certified copy of the priority document(s) and the English translation thereof (a copy of the executed Power of Attorney can be accepted at the time of filing trademark application, but the original one must be submitted within 1 month from the filing date).