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"La Insular" Vs. B. E. Jao Oge 042 Phil 366

"LA INSULAR" Cigar and Cigarette Factory, Inc., plaintiff-appellant, vs. B. E. JAO OGE, proprietor of cigarette factory "La Ciudad," defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 16588 | 1921-11-19

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J .:

The plaintiff in this case conducts a tobacco factory in the city of Manila for the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes; and it is the owner of a registered trade-mark, which it places upon the wrappers of its cigarettes and by which the plaintiff's product is generally recognized throughout the Philippine Islands and elsewhere. This trade-mark consists of a decorative design printed in colors on a strip of paper of appropriate size to envelope the packages of cigarettes to which it is pasted. A specimen of said design is exhibited with the complaint and appears in the records upon appeal as Exhibit A.

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