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SHANG PROPERTIES REALTY CORPORATION (FORMERLY THE SHANG GRAND TOWER CORPORATION) AND SHANG PROPERTIES, INC. (FORMERLY EDSA PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, INC.), PETITIONERS, VS. ST. FRANCIS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

SHANG PROPERTIES REALTY CORPORATION (FORMERLY THE SHANG GRAND TOWER CORPORATION) AND SHANG PROPERTIES, INC. (FORMERLY EDSA PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, INC.), PETITIONERS, VS. ST. FRANCIS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 190706 | 2014-07-21

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari[1] is the Decision[2] dated December 18, 2009 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 105425 which affirmed with modification the Decision[3] dated September 3, 2008 of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) Director-General. The CA: (a) affirmed the denial of the application for registration of the mark “ST. FRANCIS TOWERS” filed by petitioners Shang Properties Realty Corporation and Shang Properties, Inc. (petitioners); (b) found petitioners to have committed unfair competition for using the marks “THE...