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Puma Sportschuhfabriken Rudolf Dassler vs I.A.Court

PUMA SPORTSCHUHFABRIKEN RUDOLF DASSLER, K.G., petitioner, vs. THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and MIL-ORO MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 75067 | 1988-02-26

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review by way of certiorari of the Court of Appeals' decision which reversed the order of the Regional Trial Court and dismissed the civil case filed by the petitioner on the grounds of litis pendentia and lack of legal capacity to sue.

On July 25, 1985, the petitioner, a foreign corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany and the manufacturer and producer of "PUMA PRODUCTS," filed a complaint for infringement of patent or trademark with a prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction against the private respondent...