Intellectual Property Code
Section 146. Renewal. - 146.1. A certificate of registration may be renewed for periods of ten (10) years at its expiration upon payment of the prescribed fee and upon filing of a request. The request shall contain the following indications:
(a) An indication that renewal is sought;
(b) The name and address of the registrant or his successor-in-interest, hereafter referred to as the "right holder";
(c) The registration number of the registration concerned;
(d) The filing date of the application which resulted in the registration concerned to be renewed;
(e) Where the right holder has a representative, the name and address of that representative;
(f) The names of the recorded goods or services for which the renewal is requested or the names of the recorded goods or services for which the renewal is not requested, grouped according to the classes of the Nice Classification to which that group of goods or services belongs and presented in the order of the classes of the said Classification; and
(g) A signature by the right holder or his representative.
146.2. Such request shall be in Filipino or English and may be made at any time within six (6) months before the expiration of the period for which the registration was issued or renewed, or it may be made within six (6) months after such expiration on payment of the additional fee herein prescribed.
146.3. If the Office refuses to renew the registration, it shall notify the registrant of his refusal and the reasons therefor.
146.4. An applicant for renewal not domiciled in the Philippines shall be subject to and comply with the requirements of this Act. (Sec. 15, R.A. No. 166a)