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Leviton Industries, et al. vs. Serafin Salvador, et al.

LEVITON INDUSTRIES, NENA DE LA CRUZ LlM, DOMINGO GO, and LIM KIAT, petitioners, vs. HON. SERAFIN SALVADOR, Judge, Court of First Instance of Rizal, Caloocan City, Branch XIV and LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-40163 | 1982-06-19

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

Challenged in this petition for certiorari and prohibition is the order of the respondent Judge Serafin Salvador in Civil Case No. C-2891 of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, sustaining the legal capacity of a foreign corporation to maintain a suit for unfair competition under Section 21-A of Republic Act No. 166, as amended, otherwise known as the Trademark Law.

On April 17, 1973, private respondent Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. filed a complaint for unfair competition against petitioners Leviton Industries, Nena de la Cruz Lim, Domingo Go and Lim Kiat before the Court of First Instance of Rizal,...