COVID-19 updates (SyCipLaw Bulletin #28): Recent IPOPHL, SEC, BSP Issuances

August 5, 2020

This is a briefing on the issuances as of July 29, 2020 on the following matters in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic:

A. Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) Further Extends until August 4 the Deadline for Filings and Payments Due for the Period of July 20-30, 2020
(See IPOPHL Memorandum Circular No. 2020-028A (Suspension of Cashiering and Receiving Services at the IPOPHL Main Office for the Period of 20 to 30 July 2020) dated July 24, 2020,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dmpikARlmlp7hZ71aTEhO_3Z-E2hU8gv/view.)

B. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Discourages Physical Filing of Mandatory Disclosure Form (MDF) which is Due on July 31, 2020
(See SEC Notice (Submission of the Printed Mandatory Disclosure Form) dated July 28, 2020,
https://www.sec.gov.ph/notices-2020/submission-of-the-printed-mandatory-disclosure-form-mdf-through-the-chutebox/.)

C. Monetary Board (MB) Approves Amendments to the Operational Relief Measures for Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)-Supervised Financial Institutions (BSFIs)
(See BSP Memorandum No. M-2020-057 (Amendments to the Operational Reliefs for BSFIs) dated July 21, 2020,
http://www.bsp.gov.ph/downloads/regulations/attachments/2020/m057.pdf.)

Please read the full text of the briefing here.