State of national emergency

By Espinosa Bellido Abogados

Due to the increasing number of people infected by COVID-19, on March 16, 2020, the Peruvian Government has established a decree instituting a state of national emergency and the mandatory quarantine of all citizens. All government offices, including the Trademarks Office and the Patents Office of Indecopi, are closed by said measure. The legal terms or deadlines are expressly suspended by law until May 6, 2020.

As Indecopi’s online trademark registration system is not available because of the government measures, Espinosa Bellido Abogados has formally presented a claim urging Indecopi to resume such service. We understand that this is the most important moment to have an online system operating as part of a telecommuting strategy carried out throughout the country by both the private and public sectors. The possible accumulation of trademark applications can create a bottleneck by the time the quarantine is lifted.

While we await an answer from Indecopi on the matter, we are working from our homes to give continuity to our services, depending on the availability of such online system and ready to submit all pending trademark applications as soon as it is resumed. Other particular cases will be taken care of once the legal quarantine period has ended, and we are able and willing to attend all your queries and instructions.

It is important to point out that the online systems for trademark renewals, oppositions and appeals, and for patent applications, are all currently operational.