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Asia Brewery, Inc. Vs. Court Of Appeals 224 SCRA 437

ASIA BREWERY, INC. petitioner, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS and SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 103543 | 1993-07-05

D E C I S I O N 

GRINO-AQUINO, J.: 

On September 15, 1988, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) filed a complaint against Asia Brewery Inc. (ABI) for infringement of trademark and unfair competition on account of the latter's BEER PALE PILSEN or BEER NA BEER product which has been competing with SMC's SAN MIGUEL PALE PILSEN for a share of the local beer market. (San Miguel Corporation vs. Asia Brewery Inc., Civ. Case No. 56390, RTC Branch 166, Pasig, Metro Manila.) 

On August 27, 1990, a decision was rendered by the trial Court, presided over by Judge Jesus O. Bersamira, dismissing SMC's complaint because ABI "has not committed...