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Lim Kiah vs. Kaynee Company, Et Al.

LIM KIAH, petitioner, vs. THE KAYNEE COMPANY and THE DIRECTOR OF PATENTS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-24802 | 1968-10-14

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J.: 

The dispute in this controversy centered around the right to use the trademark KAYNEE. Petitioner Lim Kiah, on April 5, 1957, filed an application with the Philippines Patent Office to register such a trademark allegedly being used by him on undershirts, polo shirts, T- shirts, pants, sporting wear and handkerchiefs, asserting further that the date of its first use went back to January 7, 1957. Such an application was opposed by the Kaynee Company, one of the respondents here, a South California corporation. It claimed ownership by virtue of a registration with the United States Patent Office on...