Curious to know whether your business/brand name/logo can be registered as a trademark with the IPOPHL?
Here in the Philippines generally, an application for trademark registration for a business/brand name/logo for example may be refused/denied if it consists of:
☐ translation of a mark rightfully belonging to another person
☐ a deceptive matter
☐ a scandalous matter
☐ a matter suggesting false association with another person
☐ a matter that may disparage such another person
☐ a matter suggesting false association with an institution
☐ a matter that may disparage such institution
☐ a PH flag representation
☐ or flag of any foreign country
☐ a living person’s name without his/her consent
☐ or such living person’s portrait
☐ or such living person’s signature
☐ a President’s name except with proper consent
☐ or such President’s portrait
☐ or such President’s signature
☐ identical to an earlier IPOPHL filed pending mark
☐ or confusingly similar to such filed pending mark
☐ identical to an existing IPOPHL registered mark
☐ or confusingly similar to such registered mark
☐ identical with a well-known mark (e.g., MCDONALD’S)
☐ confusingly similar to such well-known mark (e.g., JOLLIBEE)
☐ matter causing the public to be misled as to its nature in general
☐ exclusively, generic term/s (e.g., APPLE for fruit juices)
☐ exclusively, descriptive term/s (e.g., SWEET for chocolates)
☐ signs used in everyday language (e.g., XEROX)
☐ shapes dictated by technical factors
☐ color alone, in an undefined form
☐ anything that is contrary to public order
☐ anything that is contrary to morality
Let Tundayag IP do the cursory search and vet on the registrability of your trademark before you decide on having it filed with the IPOPHL, before shelling out some hard-earned cash.