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Marvex Commercial Co. Inc. vs. Petra Hawpia & Co., Et Al.

MARVEX COMMERCIAL CO. INC., petitioner, vs. PETRA HAWPIA & CO., and THE DIRECTOR OF PATENTS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-19297 | 1966-12-22

D E C I S I O N


CASTRO, J.:

Petra Hawpia & Co., a partnership duly organized under the laws of the Philippines and doing business at 543 M. de Santos (Botica Divisoria), Manila (hereinafter referred to as the applicant), on October 14, 1958 filed a petition for the registration of the trademark "LIONPAS" used on medicated plaster, with the Philippine Patent Office, asserting its continuous use in the Philippines since June 9, 1958. 1 The Marvex Commercial Co., Inc., a corporation also duly organized under the laws of the Philippines (hereinafter referred to as the oppositor), on July 24, 1959 filed an opposition thereto, alleging that...