MANUEL C. CASES, JR.

& ASSOCIATES
tAW OFFICES
PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS & LICENSING

February 22,2018

VIA E-MAIUAIRMAIL
Your Ref.: 763960
Our Ref.: 95477 TM/US
Mrs. Stephanie Creer-Lewis
lnternational Trademark Renewals
ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB
Attorneys at Law
666 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017-5621
U.S.A.

Re: Declaration of Use - Third (3rd) Year from Date of Filinq

Trademark Registration in the Philippines with Registration No. 4-

2015-00001040 Registered on December 17, 2015 for the Mark
JOSE CUERVO TRADICIONAL in the Name of TEQUILA
CUERVO, S.A. DE C.V. covering goods under C/ass 33

Dear Mrs. Lewis,

We thank you for your emailed and couriered letter of February 6,2018 and its
original enclosure, which we received on February 12, 2018, transmitting to us the
original copy of the signed and notarized Declaration of Actual Use (DAU) covering the
three (3) year period from the date of filing of the application of this trademark
registration with the lntellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL).

We are pleased to inform you that we prepared and filed on February 14,2018
with the IPOPHL the original DAU together with its supporting materials, and paid the
required fees. We e-mail and enclose photocopies of our compliance letter, the
submitted DAU and its supporting materials, received and marked paid by the IPOPHL,
as well as the Official Receipt issued by the IPOPHL for the payment of the required
fees, for your reference and flle.

We are also pleased to inform you that the IPOPHL granted our request for
extension of time to file the DAU. We e-mail and enclose a photocopy of the Grant of
Extension of Time to File DAU/DNU dated February 6,2018 issued by the IPOPHL,
which we secured on February 13,2018 prior to its being mailed.

The due date for flling the DAU covering the Fifth (sth) Anniversary of this
trademark registration is withinlhe period from December 17,2020 up to December 17
2021.The deidline of December 17,2021is final as it cannot be extended.

We will be sending you reminder letters for the filing of the DAU covering the 5th
Anniversary of this trademark registration before and during the said period'

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Our best regards

Very truly yours,

C. CASES.DE VERA
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