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Armco Steel Corp vs Securities & Exchange Comm etal

ARMCO STEEL CORPORATION (OF THE PHILIPPINES), petitioner, vs. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ARMCO STEEL CORPORATION (of Ohio, U.S.A.) and ARMCO MARSTEEL ALLOY CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-54580 | 1987-12-29

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

On July 1, 1965 ARMCO Steel Corporation, a corporation organized in Ohio, U.S.A., hereinafter called ARMCO-OHIO, obtained from the Philippine Patent Office, Certificate of Registration No. 11750 for its trademark consisting of the word "ARMCO" and a triangular device for "ferrous metals and ferrous metal castings and forgings." On April 14, 1971, pursuant to trademark rules, the petitioner filed with the said patent office an "Affidavit of Use" for said trademark, which was subsequently accepted and for which the Patent Office issued the corresponding notice of acceptance of "Affidavit of Use."

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