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Chung Te vs. Ng Kian Giab, Et Al.

CHUNG TE, petitioner, vs. NG KIAN GIAB and THE HONORABLE DIRECTOR OF PATENTS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-23791 | 1966-11-23

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

Petitioner Chung Te interposed this appeal from the decision of the Director of Patents giving due course to the application of respondent Ng Kian Giab for registration of the trademark "Marca Piña" and representation thereof, and rejecting his own application for registration of the same trademark and a similar representation.
 
Petitioner filed his application on November 25, 1958, alleging therein that since January 8, 1951 he had been using the trademark on undershirts (de hilo), T-shirts, and baby dresses. Because of the confusing similarity between said trademark and that applied for on...