The IP Code allows for the cancellation of a trademark for the following reasons:
Within five years of the date of the registration of the mark;
At any time, if the registered mark:
Has become the generic name for the goods or services, or a portion thereof, for which it is registered;
Has been abandoned;
Was registered fraudulently or contrary to the IP Code; or
Is being used by, or with the permission of, the registrant so as to misrepresent the source of the goods or services on or in connection with which the mark is used; or
At any time, if the registered owner of the mark without legitimate reason fails to use the mark in the Philippines, or to cause it to be used in the Philippines by virtue of a license, for an uninterrupted period of at least three years.