Philippines trademark search
How to search and register a trademark in Philippines, from official sources. Signa does not sync the IPOPHL register yet. It holds WIPO Madrid designations that cover Philippines.
Search the IPOPHL register
WIPO Publish (IPOPHL trademark search) is Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines's own search tool.
- Search by
- word mark, publication date, publication number
- Languages
- English, Arabic, French, Japanese
- Free
- Yes
- Account required
- No
- Limits
- IPOPHL's main website (ipophil.gov.ph) blocked automated and browser access during research, so no official help page for the tool could be read; the description comes from the tool itself.
How to search
- Open IPOPHL's WIPO Publish site and choose the Trademarks tab.
- Choose Basic or Advanced search, pick the field (Mark, Publication Date or Publication Number) and enter the term.
- Each result shows status, mark, original filing number, filing date, publication number and date, registration number and date, Nice and Vienna classes and the applicant.
Register a trademark in Philippines
What IPOPHL requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at IPOPHL; Madrid designation
- Local representative required for applicants abroad
- Yes
- Several classes in one application
- Yes
- Classification
- Nice Classification
- Opposition
- 30 days after publication of the application (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the registration date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 3 years without use
Good to know
- The applicant or registrant must file a declaration of actual use within 3 years from the filing date of the application; otherwise the application is refused or the mark is removed from the Register (IP Code, Section 124.2).
- An applicant not domiciled and without a real and effective commercial establishment in the Philippines must designate a Philippine resident who may be served notices or process in proceedings affecting the mark (IP Code, Section 125).
- For international registrations, WIPO's Madrid member profile lists further declarations of actual use: within 1 year from the fifth anniversary of the grant of protection, and within 1 year from each renewal.
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
Philippines is a member of the Madrid Protocol since 2012-07-25, so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate it.
What Signa holds for Philippines
IPOPHL records are not covered by Signa yet. International registrations designating the Philippines are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.
Get this data via the API
Query the WIPO records that cover Philippines in the same format as every other office.
GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=PHSearch the trademarks Signa holds that cover Philippines
curl "https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=PH" \
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.