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Intellectual Property vs. Hon. Ochoa etc. [DECISION]

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. PAQUITO OCHOA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ALBERT DEL ROSARIO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND HON. RICARDO BLANCAFLOR, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 204605 | 2016-07-19

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
In this special civil action for certiorari and prohibition, the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP) seeks to declare the accession of the Philippines to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) unconstitutional on the ground of the lack of concurrence by the Senate, and in the alternative, to declare the implementation thereof as unconstitutional because it conflicts with Republic Act No. 8293, otherwise known as the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (IP Code).[1]
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