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La Chemise Lacoste, S. A. vs. Oscar C. Fernandez

LA CHEMISE LACOSTE, S. A., petitioner, vs. HON. OSCAR C. FERNANDEZ, Presiding Judge of Branch XLIX, Regional Trial Court, National Capital Judicial Region, Manila and GOBINDRAM HEMANDAS, respondents. GOBINDRAM HEMANDAS SUJANANI, petitioner, vs. HON. ROBERTO V. ONGPIN, in his capacity as Minister of Trade and Industry, and HON. CESAR SAN DIEGO, in his capacity as Director of Patents, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-63796-97 | 1984-05-21

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

It is among this Court's concerns that the Philippines should not acquire an unbecoming reputation among the manufacturing and trading centers of the world as a haven for intellectual pirates imitating and illegally profiting from trademarks and tradenames which have established themselves in international or foreign trade.

Before this Court is a petition for certiorari with preliminary injunction filed by La Chemise Lacoste, S.A., a well known European manufacturer of clothings and sporting apparels sold in the international market and bearing the trademarks "LACOSTE", "CHEMISE...