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Columbia Pictures, Inc., Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

COLUMBIA PICTURES, INC., ORION PICTURES CORP., PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP., TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP., UNITED ARTISTS CORP., UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC., WALT DISNEY COMPANY and WARNER BROS., INC., petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, TUBE VIDEO ENTERPRISES and EDWARD CHAM, BLOOMING ROSE TAPE CENTER and MA. JAJORIE T. UY, and VIDEO CHANNEL and LYDIA NABONG, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 96597-99 | 1994-10-06

R E S O L U T I O N


VITUG, J.:

On 07 April 1988, the National Bureau of Investigation ("NBI"), through its Agent Lauro C. Reyes, filed with the Regional Trial Court of Pasig (Branch 159) three applications for search warrant against private respondents Tube Video Enterprises and Edward C. Cham (ASW No. 95), the Blooming Rose Tape Center and Ma. Jajorie T. Uy (ASW No. 96), and the Video Channel and Lydia Nabong (ASW No. 97), charging said respondents with violation of Section 56 of Presidential Decree ("P.D.") No. 49, otherwise known as the Decree on the Protection of Intellectual Property, as amended by P.D. No. 1988.

In the three...