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Societe Des Products Nestle, S. A. and Nestle Phil., Inc. vs CA & CFC Corp.

SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE, S.A. and NESTLE PHILIPPINES, INC. petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and CFC CORPORATION. respondents.

G.R. No. 112012 | 2001-04-04

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is a petition for review assailing the Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 24101,[1] reversing and setting aside the decision of the Bureau of Patents, Trademarks and Technology Transfer (BPTTT),[2] which denied private respondent's application for registration of the trade-mark, FLAVOR MASTER.

On January 18, 1984, private respondent CFC Corporation filed with the BPTTT an application for the registration of the trademark "FLAVOR MASTER" for instant coffee, under Serial No. 52994. The application, as a matter of due course, was published in the July 18, 1988 issue of the BPTTT's...