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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