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Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Ltd. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

SMITH KLINE & FRENCH LABORATORIES, LTD., petitioner vs. COURT OF APPEALS, BUREAU OF PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER and DOCTORS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. respondents.

G.R. No. 121867 | 1997-07-24

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This is an appeal under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court from the decision 1 4 November 1994 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 33520, which affirmed the 14 February 1994 decision 2 of the Director of the Bureau of Patents, Trademarks and Technology Transfer (BPTTT) granting a compulsory non-exclusive and non-transferable license to private respondent to manufacture, use and sell in the Philippines its own brands of pharmaceutical products containing petitioner's patented pharmaceutical product known as Cimetidine.

Petitioner is a foreign corporation with principal office at Welwyn Garden City,...