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La Yebana Co. Vs. Francisco Chua Seco & Co.

LA YEBANA COMPANY, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO CHUA SECO & CO., ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 4815 | 1909-12-02

D E C I S I O N


ARELLANO, C.J.:

On the 9th of June, 1904, the copartnership Baer, Senior & Co., to which the plaintiff herein is successor, had registered in the patent office of the Government of the Philippine Islands a trade-mark for use on wrappers of cigarettes made with long-cut tobacco, manufactured by the company under the name of "La Sevillana."

On the 15th of January, 1907, Francisco Chua Seco & Co. registered in the same office a trade-mark for a similar wrapper for cigarettes made with long-cut tobacco, manufactured by them under the name of "La Valenciana."

The first-named company charged illegal competition, and brought...