NOTICE TO PUBLIC USERS

          All users are requested to read the following notices before using this website for proper understanding of the limitations of the contents and scope of IPO's responsibilities pertaining to all provisions stated hereunder.

GENERAL DISCLAIMER

  All information available on this website must be regarded as general information only.  They are not intended to be a comprehensive, complete or an authoritative source of intellectual property information.  This website is not intended to provide any professional, legal or other advice relating to intellectual property or of any nature.  Therefore, users are hereby advised to seek independent professional assistance.

  While the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (hereinafter referred to as the "IPO") strives to keep this website and its information timely and accurate, it does not guarantee them.  IPO, or any of its officers and employees, is not liable and assumes no responsibility for any kind of damages (direct or consequential) in relation to the use of this website or its information, or from its linked websites.

LINKS

 This website provides links to other websites of other organizations.  This includes other intellectual property offices around the world, government agencies from the Philippines, and some private organizations.  They have been linked for the intellectual property information and other related information they provide which may be of interest to this site's users.

  Disclaimer
>However, IPO does not necessarily endorse the views or the facts provided, nor of any commercial products that may be advertised on these sites.  It should be emphasized that IPO has no control on the content/s of those websites or the activities of the organizations responsible for them. IPO cannot take any responsibility for the relevance, completeness and accuracy of that information and for any damages that may result therefrom.

    >Also, once the user connects to a linked site from the IPO website, the users are subject to the copyright and privacy policies of  such linked site.

 PHILIPPINE TRADEMARK ONLINE SEARCH SYSTEM (PhilTM-O-SEARCH)

  The Philippine Trademark Online Search System (PhilTM-O-SEARCH) enables you to conduct simple and user-friendly search on the IPO’s TM Database containing registered and pending trademark records.  Search results are provided in a form of searched records list and bibliographic details.  Search input may be either keyword(s), application/registration number, Nice classification, nature of good/services or applicant(s)/registrant(s).  Operators “AND” and “OR” are provided for a more flexible and broader search.

   > Information May Contain Errors And Inaccuracies

The large quantities of information available in the database have been encoded manually.  Inevitably, errors and inaccuracies occur in the process. Thus, IPO does not warrant 100% accuracy and completeness of the information contained in its trademark database.  

     >This database is for personal research and information purposes only and should not be completely relied upon  in making business/commercial decisions. IPO is not responsible on how the users/searchers use such information. As such, IPO will not be liable for whatever damages that may result from using any information in its trademark database.

    >Should a thorough search of the TM database or interpretation of search results is desired, the  user is advised to seek independent professional assistance/services.

    > Limitations

With the necessary inputs entered into the trademark (TM)-search fields, retrieval of results includes TM word & image components.

    >The TM database contains registered and pending trademarks which are regularly updated.  However, with the time lag in updating which is about a week's time at present, it may not show trademarks applications that have been filed very recently with the IPO.  Those applications may not have been encoded yet in the database.

    >The database search results contain list of searched records and bibliographic details only.

    >Since updating the TM records are still ongoing, the database may show searched results containing records which have not been updated yet.

    > Third Party Copyright

The database may contain material in which third parties are the copyright owners. Unauthorized use of such material may infringe copyrights and other related rights.   IPO recommends getting appropriate approvals first from the copyright owner before copying or doing any other infringing acts.

    >Also, the fact that a trademark cannot be found by searching in the PhilTM-O-SEARCH does not necessarily mean that it has not yet been filed or is not currently in use.  IPO, aside from prudence, advises searching from other source(s).

    >Searcher's Privacy

IPO does not collect nor record information about search queries or results obtained from the database by individual users.

 PRIVACY POLICY

  IPO, through this website, does not collect nor store any personal information from its visitors.  If the visitors do provide any information voluntarily, usually through e-mail, IPO will only use that information to be able to respond to the e-mail or to gather  information requested through that e-mail.  Also, IPO may share that personal information to another organization only if the inquiry or request relates to that agency.

  Any personal information provided voluntarily through the IPO website will not be disclosed nor sold to any third party(ies) for any commercial or profiling purpose(s).

 COPYRIGHT

  Materials and information from this website may be reproduced only for personal or in-house use, in part or in whole and by any means, without charge or formal permission from IPO.

  Users may also create their own hyperlinks to pages on this website, but the identity of this source website as the site of IPO Philippines should be indicated therein.

 Above options are allowed provided that:

  users exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials/information being reproduced;

  users uphold a clear distinction between the user’s content and the official content as published by IPO;

 the reproduction is not presented or implied as an official version, nor having been made in association with or with the endorsement of IPO;

 Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines be acknowledged as the source; and

  the reproduction is mentioned as being free of charge.

·        Third-Party Materials

In some cases, copyrights on the materials, information or graphical elements found on this site and from the linked sites are owned by other organizations.  IPO advises seeking permission first from the author or copyright owner prior to reproduction thereof.

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