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Philip Morris, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals 224 SCRA 576

PHILIP MORRIS, INC., BENSON & HEDGES (CANADA), INC., AND FABRIQUES OF TABAC REUNIES, S.A., petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS AND FORTUNE TOBACCO CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 91332 | 1993-07-16

D E C I S I O N 
 
MELO, J p: 
 
In the petition before us, petitioners Philip Morris, Inc., Benson and Hedges (Canada), Inc., and Fabriques of Tabac Reunies, S.A., are ascribing whimsical exercise of the faculty conferred upon magistrates by Section 6, Rule 58 of the Revised Rules of Court when respondent Court of Appeals lifted the writ of preliminary injunction it earlier had issued against Fortune Tobacco Corporation, herein private respondent, from manufacturing and selling "MARK" cigarettes in the local market. 
 
Banking on the thesis that petitioners' respective symbols "MARK VII",...