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Compania General de Tabacos De Filipinas and La Flor De La Isabela, inc. Vs. Hon. Virgilio A. Sevandal, et al.

COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS and LA FLOR DE LA ISABELA, INC.,Petitioners, versus HON. VIRGILIO A. SEVANDAL, as Director and DTI Adjudication Officer, ATTY. RUBEN S. EXTRAMADURA, as HearingOfficer – Office of the Legal Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry, TABAQUERIA DE FILIPINAS, INC., and GABRIEL RIPOLL, JR., Respondents.

G.R. No. 161051 | 2009-07-23

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case


This Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 seeks the reversal of the June 16, 2003 Decision[1] and December 1, 2003 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 42881. The CA denied petitioners' Petition for Certiorari (With Urgent Application for Temporary Restraining Order and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction) and their motion for reconsideration.

The Facts

Petitioner Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas, also known as "Tabacalera," is a foreign corporation organized and existing under the laws of Spain. It is the owner of 24 trademarks registered with the...