{"id":88565,"date":"2017-02-08T21:09:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T02:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=88565"},"modified":"2017-02-08T21:09:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T02:09:02","slug":"dti-ipophl-partner-for-free-trademark-registration-for-msmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/08\/dti-ipophl-partner-for-free-trademark-registration-for-msmes\/","title":{"rendered":"DTI, IPOPHL partner for free trademark registration for MSMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_84343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84343\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13814060_10154624426860116_5969844522037699481_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84343\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13814060_10154624426860116_5969844522037699481_n.jpg\" alt=\"The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to provide free registration of trademarks to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). (Photo: DTI\/Facebook)\" width=\"359\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13814060_10154624426860116_5969844522037699481_n.jpg 359w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13814060_10154624426860116_5969844522037699481_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13814060_10154624426860116_5969844522037699481_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to provide free registration of trademarks to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).<br \/>(Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DTI.Philippines\/photos\/a.449406625115.242722.118471565115\/10154624426860116\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">DTI\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to provide free registration of trademarks to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).<\/p>\n<p>Under the MOA signed by DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez and IPOPHL Director General Josephine Santiago, the two offices will implement a 12-month project \u201cJuana Make a Mark\u201d &#8212; an incentive package of free trademark registration to 1,000 MSMEs.<\/p>\n<p>Juana Make a Mark project will waive fees on application filling, claim of color, and publication to enterprises engaged in agri-business, electronic manufacturing services, automotive, design-oriented furniture and garments, IT, tourism, construction, and other priority sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The DTI will identify and endorse beneficiary MSMEs. Applications of MSMEs will be forwarded to Bureau of Trademarks for substantive examination.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez said having a registered brands and trademarks are essential to boost the competitiveness of products and services of MSMEs.<\/p>\n<p>DTI and IPOPHL Juana Make a Mark will be rolled out starting Feb. 14, 2017 to Feb. 14, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) have signed a Memorandum of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":84343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[13166,5579,14897,14898,13165,1311],"class_list":["post-88565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-and-medium-enterprises","tag-department-of-trade-and-industry","tag-intellectual-property-office-of-the-philippines","tag-memorandum-of-agreement","tag-micro","tag-small","mauthors-kris-m-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}