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Philippines - Online Mediation Allowed by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPH)
1. The IPOPHL has issued
Memorandum Circular No. 2020-012
(
Supplemental Advisory on IPOPHL Services Regarding Mediation
) dated May 4, 2020
[11]
allowing “[p]arties to pending mediation proceedings [to] file [an] online request to conduct the mediation through online meetings or conferences” starting May 4. The memorandum modifies Section 2 of its
Memorandum Circular No. 2020-011
[12]
which provides that mediations before the IPOPHL are suspended until May 15, 2020.
2. “The request shall be addressed to the Alternative Dispute Resolution Services (
[email protected]
), copy furnished the Director of the Bureau of Legal Affairs (
[email protected]
). The request shall be evaluated and processed in accordance with Sec. 4 of the Rules of Procedure in IPO Mediation.”
For more information about IPOPHL issuances, please contact your account partner or the author of this client bulletin:
Vida M. Panganiban-Alindogan
Partner; Head of the Intellectual Property Department
[email protected]
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