[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 223-2015, September 21, 2015 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 223-2015, September 21, 2015 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 223-2015, September 21, 2015 ]

TO : ALL JUDGES AND BRANCH CLERKS OF COURT OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS (RTCs) DESIGNATED AS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL COURTS AND CONCERNED JUDGES OF SINGLE SALA RTCs

SUBJECT : MONTHLY SUBMISSION OF STATUS REPORT ON THE STATUS OF CASES INVOLVING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Pursuant to Sec. 164, R.A. 8293, 1 and Sec. 6, Rule 1, A.M. No. 10-3-10-SC, 2 dated 18 October 2011, OCA Circ. No. 47-2004, dated 30 March 2004, 3 was issued directing all judges, branch clerks of courts, and officers-in-charge of special commercial courts and single sala RTCs to submit a monthly list of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) cases filed in their court to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Office of the President, for monitoring purposes, using the attached prescribed form. However, the then attached prescribed form does not include the nature of the IPR cases filed in courts and the search warrants issued.

Thus, to enhance the efficient monitoring of IPR cases towards a comprehensive data gathering system, and upon the request of the IPO for the revision of the form to be used in filing the status reports, beginning October 2015, you are hereby DIRECTED to use the attached revised forms (Annex "A" and "B") in complying with the submission of monthly status reports on IPR cases.

All monthly status reports using the attached revised forms (Annex "A" and "B") shall be submitted on or before the tenth (10 th) day of the succeeding month, for the preceding month, to both:

Court Management Office Office of the Court Administrator Supreme Court Padre Faura, Ermita, Manila

or through e-mail address at ocaiprcases@sc.iudiciary.gov.ph , and

The Intellectual Property Office 28 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill Town Center Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City

or through e-mail address at operations@,ipophil.gov.ph

This circular supersedes OCA Circular No. 47-2004 dated 30 March 2004. For strict compliance.

21 September 2015

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator

1 Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines

2 Rules of Procedure for Intellectual Property Rights Cases

3 Submission of the Monthly Report of Status of Intellectual Property Rights Cases