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Phillips Seafood Philippines vs. Tuna Processors, Inc.

PHILLIPS SEAFOOD PHILIPPINES CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. TUNA PROCESSORS, INC., RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 214148 | 2023-02-06

 
D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, M., J.:
 
The importance of patents as a tool for national development and economic advancement cannot be overemphasized. They ensure the flow of knowledge and information by encouraging inventors to disclose their discoveries to the public.[1] In exchange, inventors are given market exclusivity or the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing a patented product or product obtained from a patented process.[2] However, like any other intellectual property right, the exercise of this right is not without limitations. The extent of protection granted to...