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Etepha vs. Director of Patents 16 SCRA 495

ETEPHA, A.G., petitioner, vs. DIRECTOR OF PATENTS and WESTMONT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-20635 | 1966-03-31

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
SANCHEZ, J.: 
 
To the question: May trademark ATUSSIN be registered, given the fact that PERTUSSIN, another trademark, had been previously registered in the Patent Office? - The Director of Patents answered affirmatively. Hence this appeal. 
 
On April 23, 1959, respondent Westmont Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a New York corporation, sought registration of trademark "Atussin" placed on its "medicinal preparation of expectorant antihistaminic, bronchodilator sedative, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) used in the treatment of cough". The trademark is used exclusively in the Philippines...