MALTA:
A new Trademark Law in Malta provides for the registration of service marks, personal names, letters, numerals and the shape of goods or their packaging. Accordingly, a power of attorney is no longer required unless specifically requested by the Comptroller of Industrial Property.
PHILIPPINES:
Declaration of actual use (DAU) and evidence of actual use (EAU) are required:
1. For local or foreign applications filed under the old Trademark Law (Republic Act No. 166), based on local use. Applicants must file their DAU’s and EAU’s within 3 years from December 2, 1998.
2. For applications, local or foreign, filed under the new IP Code (Republic Act No. 8293), applicants must file their DAU’s and EAU’s within 3 years from the filing date.
For failure to comply with the above requirements, the Intellectual Property Office shall refuse any further action on the application; or, the mark, if already registered, shall be removed from the registery.