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Repubiia of tne PhilippinesMinistry o_' •Sracie and inuustry

Ynilirpine i:atent U t ficeMidland Buendia Building

4U.i ben . vii u . Yuvat'Averiueliaxarl . Metro Manil a

'NIAGLIFICIG BIELLEaE FTv1THL;.i ? 'FILA S,p,A,, ? !Nl'cLi ?AIiTES i ArE Nv .' 1's%[ ~

Petitioner, • )

) PZIITION FOR CANCELLATION

Cert . or <egn . No . 2G28U1 lssued : October 3 .-3.91

0 ) Registrant: Juanita S .- versus - Aicaraz, assignee or

lviifredo C,'uyco .Tradetaar;c' FILA

! Used on : Men's andwomen's T-shirts

)JUANITA S . ALGARAZ•, assignee 1 I~F~C=•~~~~Iv~`~5_1 ~ (IM)of Wilfredo cuybo, i February 2u, 1986

kesponaent-keaistran t .k - - - - - - - - - - - -. - x

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Petitioner, Magliricio Biellese Fratelli Fila S .p .A . . .filed the instant Petition on April a, 1960 s eekina Chocancellation of Certificate of Registration no . 'i628~~issued on October ,i, .978 for tn® traciemarx "FILA" for useon rien's and women's T-shirts in iavor of Juani*a"S .Aicaraz who subsequently assigned said mark and the reais-tration certiricate covering it in favor of the presentfteapondents . Jose ha . : . Albert and Lily Lenaida Lim-( ;nanAlbert . .

As atleaed in the Petition . Petitioner is a foreiqncorporation oraanizeci and ex3sting in accordance with thelaws or Italy, with principal office aadress at Via CesarmBattista 2 6 . iSielle . Italy . whereas the present Respondents

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:1R'°~' .'~Y#?' .'Cr:"..'!S'3` ;'+^ -:.~ :L~.rjs+~±• .r:Lt~~s .Tk .1~Qf~*^ .

are spous p s .,., both fi :~~.piiio 'e-3.tirens : or ~s~a•i~ 'at~es . ~.nd With. ~:,cs i rI es s ° ana postai `addres~:: . at No. . j u 21st. Avenu.s . Vkurphy ►-Quezon Uity• , .

Pe•kitiQner claimed iri its thA't: :tegi1s.--t.r4t :iq11

C"ert~~icate IVo~, M62813 ~+afi 4~a~:l1~t~ fr~11:ouaeot tv ui, 9 a~ ~~.• 1 ,. ~ ~~

4.1 ~mg~~cl~.c~, . ak~ . ~~1~t r• . : . .

~971T IGNFR PuSSZSQE~ ~ Th-t° . EKU~IV-1 - 'P IT" AND~ NTI~~g$` IN ANJ) to <~;~. ~`,~ ;-~~ 'r i~Mc R~<s A~(r~

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R Tx ION ` T-HERWF . ~ , ,.. ,. .

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THE MARK wP ~Cf 1 . k F :D ,N HAS R~;G~ ~ TE.RF4t*IP4Sx4 : 'i•H9 jNA'iviE • G~ Akfi i:: ULAR . I. f Yr NQ14T~~41"~!UAL~ AND ._ KkNC E iCAN. N O?T ~`i -U?TSU ttbEXCO 'F AY 'j'1-iEIR : WR11'j` Lrl•i. GUi~ft~c;~VT ! : .

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THE :;uNTINil~'D R~~ak ST~tA~I' I uN . . MY .A F!LA THA~iE--"IARK 4N FAVLiR OF RE5~~4~1~1~1J~ . ~NLY - AuGkk - ;

VATE THE. f, AM D,P:g(rE-? l•QN~~ SSiFTI :Y ~ ~~li~ T1G ~F~E ..;c~G~+'L 1 rA~:1tET A$ ~:SU-T1R~E. AND _05~~ .~a,~ 5~~~~:~v~'~' WGLS TOfifiE t"40iv'i" j- N . NG .)hM~-GY A.~~ PREJOICE 01r . PET L r

In, her , . Answer, : the ,oriqirial Re.s;oorndrp»t 344-Aita S . .A1Earaz ae.iaizd petit .ioner's 'claim' and averrod;~~lZ~T : . . ti . . •.

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.11N That sho ao;ni t .1 ha*.;n.a . .ne.en issued Rogls~.'Wa . ;2b260- for .- .the Txademar.)c ;

FILA and Device Used for sport:zwear,. °I~Xe man' 4 .an.ci Women `g `~~--si~~rts in 'Class 40 (Internationa

l t:,] ~Ls~ 2,5.) last Octv't .er 19•7$ hy •the , :i'hiY ivpin e

'iria,t the rec.ri~-~ra~j=on ox the•trader+nar~C in~ .qµesti cn . wa.s .~ia~~ °

.,• ..ir~. - g~vpd faith and donf orms Fritrx.

DECISION NO . *;,-L! 1966

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the orovasaans or Cceauc.aic Act 14o . 1 60 . as amen-aed . inciuaiho Section 4 tnereos . and tAererore irdenies the at :eaacia:!s to tna contrary ;

3 . That tnere are no vaiia arounds for veti-tioner to oer,ition : or', muce: less justify tne can-c ellation oi the registra-ion of tne trademark-inquestion . tae truth opine as io-owe :

z) icesponoent-nea+.strat;t and her preae-cessor-zn-anteresr. were the ftrstto adopt and use 2awtuli,v in tnerniliprznas ri~H. and Devicy rerst.ortswrAr . iike men's and women'sT-shirts . ara therei'Ure qne is tilelawful owner thereof-

t%) She nas no xnowiedge or inrjrmationauffic±en: to iorm a belief as tc• .the truth or Eatairy ot the alSeoa-tiona •*.hat the trademaric in ques- 'r.ian comorises tne name of iivj.nJindividuals . 'and therefore snedenies the sasne :

o) There as no legal nor iaotuat bas i s .for ce*.itioner to 0.1-aim that - itwoul0 be damaged by the continuedregastrat.ion of the trademark •rILAand Device In 'favor of herein res-ponaent-reo•istrant, and thereroreshe d enies the allegations to'that'effect :

. ' y . inn Fne nas no 'sncwteaae or 'informationsufficient to term a belief as to the trutti orfalsity Cr the alie.rations ra :atina to agtit_o-ner's existence and other coroora_e circumstances .and tnereto}m she denies suon ailecations c:on-tainea in varavrann 1 of tne supposed facts tosupport tnr above petition-

5 .surricien*_falsity of2, 'i . 4,the *abovesame ;

lnat sne has nc. knowledge or informationto form a aeiiei as to the truth orthe ai.iegatat,ns containea in para_vrapnsand Sot the supposed facts to supportpetition . and therefore she denies the

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6 .- That she denies the . a•~.Ieqa•~.i,ons von-tA~.ne~t

in. paragraph r, of the aup~!ased facts' to s'uppvrt,

the CIO gove pet3.tiol1"-~I1fjt t.rkith- be}rIq ar icolioi,+s ;

a) : ~. , iiespctioent-r2oq-~.ptrant . - as . .Well as

~eX' .predec!eaPGr-in ittLeXoist'. , wasthe f i rst . la'wfu~ - .owner of thetradentac~c kIT.A and Le~ice . in. th e

piries, 4+- .s~?ortsweax' ; like

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. . .b~ . k~s~rrn~i~snt-~e~1 s~~~n+ . i s . !r~¢t ewareacj e4 s~uprp~j st.ina. •. r eqx s-of . tlle' . .a1 1

t ra,t ica ris ~ hp . exi 0 t a.r~:q p~i-

aa t i.oh of 'the- ~ et it ioner i~q-r tf) etract e~ar:k a~~n tustioyl ;

ct The al3eqati on5 3, n .saac~ .pax•a strar.,q F~ ..

are mera ~ 0~r~~~i}sxons of pei~it.}.c?ner .

not €~ h eIr wis : suppor.c,ed by law. . .ncr

b;i . tile fa ct; p Rx- t Jnent to t hls .ease .

~ . That she admit s-k►av~ang been issued Re~~s- :

tra.~kior~ Certificate . Np . ~?628.t~, . but she ~Pm~.es the

at.ians. 3n. raracg~ra?ah '~I of thqrest of the all-6c

~S~lPpcy.sad ia~:ts, to ,su,:pr,~~. .the aj)qve pgt%tion, th.o

-trath. 'beinq that 'tho rpgistr:at.iqr,, d} the trademarky respanitj6nt~xaai stratitin , ~•guestiorj was, seo~.rec:'t by ,

i.ti ctoQd faith and 4'tfai •-t.iit% Patent t3ff.iqa h~s

;cerr:.ained that the :saine was nelthei,uaEd by. nor

re:aiste-re.d in the in favdX7-. of any

,other._ person.. or, erti*;i.ty ;

#~ . That she den'jes t:he allegationsin 1?ar4-graphs 6 and- 9 of t,he' supposed facts toa s-upport

thit aboat-s petition, In e trµth be inq tha t

.a) She has no knowledge about " the axi.s ;-

. . tonr: e and atli '4~'r c •[irLlQ,ra'it e G i~•rc umS

`tances d f pet itioxivr

; bj Therei s no '.other ent it y _ Q-r, per s om , . . _much . ~.e,s~s, :pe ;~.ti;one)' Who is 1_ awi

full~r usa.t►a the taa~•tamdrk 1'TGA and

I)evic e in 'the Phi :tippa.,~s-s 4nci' thqr-p,==

foke petitiorit~- dann6t e1atm that

zes~.ar~~+ai~ty r~cr~~tr~~~ hot'? -boon,

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pass?na c[ : arid oaimina or neraoods a, .aeued to be aonrusinas•Ysimi l ar to rnat ot Petitioner ;

cr n`esnonder.t-T(eclgtrant is the onivlawrul user ci the t t ademaric P ILAand 'Device 3n the Philippines . anaher use. t :,e•-eor cannot possiblygive* rise tc unfair ccqnz,etitlan noraeceive the autcnaslne public . "

Tne issue had neer ;io_r.ad and .' art'er rallinct to reachan amicable settlement after a series ct pre-tria .L conia-rences . tne-part ies'proceede,~L to trial on tne merits .

F'etltion?r opteU not to vrefent any oral t e stimony . ,

Instead, it proGeectea to marK, and subsequently oiferea asits evidence vii.hout furtner testimony ; 'certai :t documentspreviousiv marked ar.o. ofrer.ea in Civil Case Nc : . u-28S0•~betore Hcnorebie Judge r'.duarab Tutaar ; t;Fi--Ktza1 . ;~ranch11 . Quezon C:iry, involving the "me parties . consistind orthe roldowina :

kYb3i`it._'A~ - 'Liar or traaemarxs owned by Petitioner . thecountries wnere eacn oti6 1s .raaistered in thename of' Pet ;ti*ner, and the dates or ryvis-'trat :on tnereoi, cor.sirstinc of ',nine •ryrpaaes .

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1he signature or :et,7, :iGn vra vie e-F•resl d er.t .Pir• uianseveru : iia, appearing on Page I ofExhibit "P ' .

The - .F' oev :ce aroearina ir txhibit '•A' .

LXh1niL _'L-! 3 1: -.ha r" devire biacit/wnireo appearing inExnlblt "A' .

1 _'h-4" -"fie •'FII,A .. .A~ .

-oan (• :o1or) appearing in iyht.Di t

r_•the r1LA" loQo tDiACK/whit-0) appearing in

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DECISION NO, $6•-11 •' rIEBkUOY . 20, 1986) . 1- 1 1

ttb~i..R-m ezt~.~,~t~ .~, .irf+is~!}d. . :C~~E~ .WKr_i`~~-!~.h. .~~ ..!e T.~XSC+ :I• . . ~ .. . . . , . . • . , a~ 1 ;•. r A ~~-• 5i .

~~~ ijpii - 'wt .

f 1i .y 11 ,~.~~~1?'~~..~. ... ._ . ..b,... . , . , . . ,

T .h* "PiLA" e~~e2e~"~3~.q in, F4!xhjbi,t.

Uhihiji_l,BE,1.ejqG G~ qQu11tra.to where j r Fettl•onesell spa:aQdM,:ts ; the amounts - - of s4 ies, -inpottntry, and the iye~trs' e+~maler#(?.~+~~~

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!`Ir . ~i~}tk~.~, q~~~~ ~, PaoExhibit "B" ;

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i:ertif iokt -rg ' of 104:~$ tr 4t ion 'N o . - 2 5pq~ of . F.,~l~v~cre ~~ e~, 24 F3~~errci~q~' 197t in M 3Italy, ~,n the n ame o i Petitione r .

&.bAb i t"G =~i, ► -.

t;ex• ti tic4i~ e o f Ai xth0ntica~xiora dat'ed .1 5Ravemb*r - 1 9 '7 9~ by, the Consexle r Se :op bion i f, t9-hip

i. it I3~' -t:erti ; i c4te of .Heaj s t x-atiion No'.' W448675 ~~f► 'b'Z LA " - t kademark. ' aaited S. . ~',3r 1-971' in

~ustrx~ :i~~, •• . • .

ExhibxtI"Gel`t,iriC ate oi 'Authenticatio n' claced- 'Z uja mtaLy 1980 .by ' the C:onsule.r 'SFe¢ t ion of ther.mb aet sy or the 3`Ze7~ukl i•c: ' r,t the F'hi i~pwin.es atCa111..1.err e1 , Au8trFlli c7 :

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Certificate Of k0fgistx`atian' No . 2625,66 'ot"` F1 LA" . . tradem4irksr dated '21 July . 1971 inMilan, Rome, lta-iy i'rx• t he hame oi th.e

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of AO l'~ent ica.t•iti'an da t ed 2 1. . ~e~eii5~?er ;~"l3 b•~i "~~7~ . ~.ni3.~~~~t ; C~r•isi~l~t~ irr

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DECIS1 0N NO . 85-11 FEBkIiArZi du, 198ti • 112

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-MS so ~?}*_^'i_' -Certiricatr af 5 .~-.na:r.a :io1; No . y1:1 6'%7 ot"FLi.A" tra<leraari: aa tad 1/ ApriL 197.: ini+thens, t;reeoa in tr:a name oi the Petitioner .

~~11t+i}± :~•~~: -t;ertiticat .s o= l+utnant :.cati on aa.t.ed i~ marchly'iy i;v the Cc•ns t, ~ate General. Or tne•rnil .pr,lnes a-. Ataena . Greece .

l~x~'► -D}t -C?- -Certiticate8 or Dra-_stratlon Nu6 . ^%4 .4SU . :i91,4y3 or "?J.~A•' trademarK aated d1Navemoer :y/a in trie 4nited States ot Americain tne name of tne Petitioner .

)rxnib}t_::~_~' -Certificate ai Authentication dared ALJanuary ly ;Bu by -the, Consular Airairs of theEmbasay of tne F:tii :inpieies at the UnitedStates or America .

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C e r t i r i c a t e of xecixtration No . 6.507.i of' r1LA•' traaemarr. dated 20 .4uaus't 4''J'ly in8in1an-1 in tne name or the tetitioner .

C ertiti cate of Autnentieation d aLtea 14December iY14 ay the Consular ~ieneral of the?hiiippines it, Finland .

t"ertificate or Autnenr.lcation No . 31197 9 of•'.'TLA" traaerrtarlC ^_a*_ed 5 October . 1972 inMilan . Italy in t+le name ottne Petitioner .

!lx.~ipi~~.=d: -Certif icate or Authentication dated ioNovemner 171y by tne Consular aection of ther.rwassy of tne Fcenub]ic Ot the Yhil3gpines atRome . Italy .

.9X 1}bi t "J .' -4ertificate of xeais+.ration No . 31197i of"Fii.A" trademarx aated 5 vctobar 197H in •Milan . italy in tne name of the Petitioner .

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'DEE No , 86-11 rEBR ~~MY z Q 1,986

+~.+R w. ...~ y +,► -~ :c :~ .~+. .•~. ~. .~ ~r r- 4!r }.11~r~1. ~a i . .. _. s..-- .4,a~.w. .^T {+~. w!r

11 3- . . . ~ . ~ . . ~, ;..

~'~rzificate of Aathertt:ication date4 2,a14.0,ye01ber, 19 7 9 by .the Cor:4su14r Stiation theiLnnl~as$y of :'sie i'terAibl ip o f the Phiiipp~ngt atRome, Italy, "

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~cate of Rqais.tratl on No . 450977 o f ' th+'-` FILA" ~ ra4-Qmark dated 1 2 J i4ne t979 in Ir an ;i n the name~ of

~erti~~cate of - .A4tOjnti,ca;tiop d#te4

~l~cemJber '1147 .9 by - the c ong~114t e of~h}lippinep- at Tehran, !ran . .

11th -9

_14V, ^'Certificate` 4r I#egiftrat.sor► No . tf$788j - gf"f'I LA" ' trademark a4ted 26 3amwary 19f§ i nM3irkn, i:~ the name of the Feta.tiqr!er .

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tL'ertificat-e of Authentication dite4 .14D ecemb*t 1 979 by ' aGt1a~ S-ection of theEmbassy of the Philip-pines at Rome . Xtaly .

Essh ibi .. Im" =CeY'ki#ijAt*ori issued by the Sta.liari !'(s.nis.t :Fy

rQrrir~a4~7ce & Handicraft dateci 28

.i1iovoItil3ar 1979 • to the et f ect ih4t rec,3pprnCltyin respect ' of Itrqatirent o# : 'foreiaih r1atiorio.3e

as te-c.rar.ds trademark 'protection is ;rec.oanii.ed

under- the-laws of Italy .

94}31}5icertifica.t-e of -Autneh*i.qation dated 29

K,svsmbOi." ' 137 9 by, the i:onsular section of the~,triaba#s'y' of the Ph3iirqgiaes at Ftoine, Xta .~y ,

F c~l ib,i~~~~ . y • :'

f;extif3cat.ion isiiaed' by the Italia,n' Ministryof Industrlr . C'ornnerc.e & Handicraft dated ;'Lb

November 1 97 9 to' the -efta€:t that Fxl~pinvp,whether re'sidihea` in the ??hjjjppinos or eipr~,,-wfiora, ha4e' full : right, to rjque~ .a: the. re~~s-

t.r4tin~ Of 'comrqe,rvi71 t~,''4Ls1?#ftin It .417 and, .,t pbtain r pcistr~~~o~i e

i1Ei.iSiON its . 86-il FEiklfqkY iU . 19t:6 114

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same identical terms an. conditions app :i-cab1P to the citi. :er.s ot 1cai.v ,

~.Yllibit.~r,_^~I .i_ •

- On7.On l-?nventlon friL' the Protection or 111auR-tr :ial ProDerty CiJlled :1, t"lris on 29 MarL3 nLd83 and arce4en to oy the rhilippines on slDecember 1 yofi .

:_xl?}bit

artjcle 211) or &%aibit •ii~•,

Gxhibit_}_ltilAr*.Lrit 6bis of 'c'xniyit '•U•' .

Y~jlik,it _~3_• -

Certification issued by tne Ministry of ?radedatea Al November 1v+'sU addresseo. to tn9iirector ot the t'hilipr,ine Patent pri .ico •

9xhijzit-"•r' •- ---Memorandum or the i,lnistry ot ira,xe dated 20November 196u adaressed to tne Liriertor ofthe Fhilaapina r'atenr (Arice ,

':ranscript Of stenoarao :;ic notes of tne testi-mony of Mr . rranro iiauia, ievai counsel ofr•erit .lonFr in italv, at the nearing :-11 e4March 156U aarore hon . Eduardo C . Iutaan o :l:F i-R3. zai . e•ranch V . a+l•a~zon ,-itv in 1iviiCase No . b'-.;6y6-4 involving Fetitzo;ier anaiiesoondent

;C.xhj.bi• "k" - -Transcript nr stenographic notes o2 the cesti-mony or Mr . Mario !*line, private imuestiaatorenaaaed Or te=itioner . at tne hearing on 10January 19bU before non . Eduarao C . 1'utaatl ofCFI-kizai, Bran4n V . Wuezon City in CivilCase No . W-`3b 8y invoivina Petitioner andkespnncent .

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1%ertLrication oi r'rLmitivr. 1Sla . Jr ., courtstenograpner, wno toox aOwn and transcribedC.xhiAit "r2•• . .

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T~ ,. .- .-..-~xl~n~' ate of aai$ ap~?i~.ca i-.x 3pn on S ~p '~ o~~bOr

15, X977 . .

„T'~~' +*•rTY ~^a'^'b" , ~ ' • i

Dato 6f tir :5 t u:a v of the mark "WiJI TE ~iA~' I,~?~~" ~ j► th o ~'}~i i~.r~pines oil Itt- .r- ~h k f

_'.:~~~' : . . ,kec4mmer)datiop f'r al ;~owa t-ce .

DECISION NO. 66- 11 FtBkLtARY• Z0, 1 986

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Gri the other hand . the original Res-ponder~t Juapit? ~ .A j cs# r~~ -oresented three '(3 ) lwatrrig"ssel$ ► r,arnelyk hex"httpLand

anti ~41r,,~after ta~t017ed in ~VUlt the ~p11~~r~,n~ cl~c~ut~ ►~k~-

tapv OW,~c~a

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'f ' tke%istraticrn !Cortitiaat,e tvQ . SR-2 9 at issw.eaon ~~pt~~tber 40, 1977 for the trademark''WHITE ~~Kl,; FILA & F LOW" for use on *port-s-weer, , I:ak,,e mom's and w•ornen'r T-taix'#.s .

~-v -r- - .

A•.rmando P . A164raz,' Pedro y . yj lo CL tick

E~hi~3t "1-b~~~: ' --•.Allowance . of the 0-p ljcat.i on sAgned by the

hi~olt;tQ•r of Pa t Patents a ftir finain ct . out -t hat

all the requirements of the Trad#amrk Law had.been compiied with. • .

~xnib,it "1- c~' TNotice of allova-Ace,

ion an4

Power of Attorney sicrned by, Wilfredo C'uyeo .

xhib it ;,:1-d,1" -Name of the oriqi nal appl i can t W ii.tredo

cZAv # ..' ©

Da~ob of first use of th e. ma.rk ''WHIMd~I-NEVTi.k 4r. F I,f~~afJ„ +o~t t~laro h 1, 197.5 :,4p~► ea:ri rrq in

. - , . :Exhibit III-fill

UEC1 4":.GN N,i . ~c•- .1 4E;i.ikI.ARY l0 .

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Lrawina .

xniioit "l~f•' -,4•-xnow,edatuent of tilinq .

~rxn}hij_:"_a" -r:xam±ruer''s action dated September ly, 1977 ,

F~i?}biz,_':2-h_ -&et,iy to txaminer' s acti on dated Sauc5mber19 . 1y?'i .

4xnUitAssianment ot mark axecUtea by Wilfredo l".uycein favor o : Juanita S . Aicaraz• proprietor of.iSA ,± 3 rmenr.s .

Fxh_ib~t ;.1-a~ -Public index file shuwil,a the data aboutc'xhibit •`i" .

Fsr.f~3k'iL __~teaistration Certiricate No . ~5stst) issued onCrotocer. 3 . 1y7y for the traaemark "FILA h rLEViCZ" in favor o1 *.ne nriainal1'tespondent .Juanita S . A',car b2 .

cr. lt t _a --~~._- :;*ivieat or EXnlo'it •'G'• .

Filing date or said apvaication on August1:+'77 .

Date oi first use or the mark •'6•IL•A & LEvT4E"on march 1, 197b •

fxn~ biY_4_4_ -Notice or aitowance ,

cxhibit__2-~_ -icecommendation for aiiowance .

Hiiowance of the apailoation sianed by I neDirector of Patents after cinaing out tnar_

a!°

17

DECISION NO ., 66 -' 1 1 PEMRE'Akk~ 2Q . i 986

, , . • ~ • • ,. ... . : . .i+r+. .. . ._ .+.rww}ea41 .~•r~.:t,.~T~ :. . .T

• ~ . . - . , - • , • • . .

all the requirQmertts ot t he1'rademax-:ts, i.aw` ha-4been Ecimp3,i ed witii r .

.,~r ..Date of f irst use -on

a . . .Adlw oWl eaqme:,t o~ ;ftq .

E~x~ib~t„ ,r~~~,,.

Gq~tnb i nec! Pet ition .Power o f Attorney,--.,as ft ~fi~ 9ct, by ~$Y , C hii' . .

!Fkh-

~ler~it

-~~Ir~~' .-

li~c~s ~., ~i.rvt use o:C . the' mark ' „FILA cic F)DIE `3I CE'' on Ma,rqh- 1 975 . appe4 ,r itqg on ~xnibi .tr,2-e i 1

bi tc~xder' crrainting app:licant 's Petition for,k-Svaiz

cemei?t ;€ - Ex kei~it~~i¢rA

~ " -g~-Y~ib it ' 2-L

Petition for Pari:or:ity of Zxami nat i on .

Exb i}~ i t ~~,-.r*--. -• -r•_, ;., . ,~:xdrrtin.~r"s aGCion

.ciatect Septiamber

_19 ~ 19,77 .

~ ~23~~ ~ ► I~~.`Irl -

Reply t o tl=re Examiner's $otiQn .

Oh.~it, . ,

'EXhibi t~,ssic~.nmarit` of matic exec uted by Sy Chin i n~avof of Wkli~re.dt~ ;~U,yco .

Exhibit "2-1='~T ~?,es,~.gnmen t

in favor 'of

Ea€ ibit "3- =av t rµu e

iraTtl~ 'VS A,Aloaraz .

ot mark- oxecuted. by WiliredoJuanita ' .- kZcair°az .

< a ' +

(, ;zyY

r o

of the business0arments" in favor of ,3uanita • S .

DECISION NO . 85-1i r'r'bR(;Aki 20 . i9k.6 118•

Gx_n i pi*._• . .s- a -

xenAwas ee_csricatF ot raaistL-acion of :heiousiness name ' .15A l.;armrntR in tne name orJuanita : . ALt-araz .

~2Lib3S .__s~r; -~'erriri :ace ?c regi.scrae :on or tne businessname •' .i .~ •r t;AldiY:y- NAhEi't5' in ravor of Pearo4iiieaas ,

EXni}71r ' • .i-c'-

_~--l'•ertillca.e ~: ..ncolp~~rat7.?n o=• '' .~ .~ t',3arment Nal:ers, Incorroratnd'- .

Fxnj; its .4 . -4-a ., to -:~a.mpies of jeans . socks . shoes, watcnes .lipnters, heirs and snemuoo bearing the traae-mark • x1LA & i DEVICE' .

i_r.hir3ts•~'S"~ ~:3=~_ tQ__5_xz" -Sales invoices of JSA Garments eviCtencinasai'3 of •' •r LLi0." goods particularly men' s:-anirts to various ieaainu and ores*.iqioucestab .i$hments arid o titsets scattered throuah-out the Philippines :

_toSales invoices oz s.e ;. :.ury Atroarei, inc . Fvi-

dencina purchases or '-FIi,n' aroauctK made byriustan t;ommercia : i,orvoration from oriainaikesoonaent .

j :xhibit s '_7_' '- ?-a -_to_•'itt -Export doc~.nients snowina export of "FL!.A"products mace by Jsn Garments to variousimporters an Jazan, rtopgitona . Singapore,Malaysia . Saudi i4rabi,a, 1'iii =sland, UnitedStates and Aus_ra .ia .

Export ctocument .N evidencina exuort of "FILA"products mace r,y 0- & P Makers . Inc . tovarious customers in vapan, hongkono .Sinaapore, Malaysia . Saudi Arabia . FijiIsland . Unitea States and l,uscralia .

DECISION- 86-4-11 FMf.) RA Y 3'9O~r

~'~~a8'es~+~- . ~ .-v~r-~yr :r.r,f .+ .ia:.. . .~._ _r..,yT.r~. :r.~''ra'°.'4~'~'_.f ...a..--•~rr~r--.~~-~.5°'~'n:"'~7` Kr+{ ti~'•}'.~ ei'

1191-..T(- ._~. '.•~'+~ ~ 'vrt•+.. .-*~. ..~~~~.~y~l~~

.~ .t

ev-xdet~~.-in.x expovvrt of .'FII,A"P*Qdctcts' made 'i~v Vi~*su're Ayppi~r4 :l`, 'Inc' . to~a-riouz Rusto}rs*rs -' xn Japan') HonglicignIrUngtaporo, Malaysia, Saudi' Aya15,$.a, FijiIsland, kFntt~dd States ., IL'ail Atxstralia. :

.

ac.~~.~e~•tisE~ei~t._ fei;" '~'F`! L1~' .prad44ts ma4e by nai kesg~ndeait J4ani~?~ . ~:1~~~~z a~c~ agp~a.xii~~ iit va~-~Qu~ ~~~►~p$~.

ancl ot~~i OHted,' p~tb~~~~~~~,~t~ ; ~~~.h ~t~~a~= {~':~•~~~► srt~.~.~~~ ~~~.t~{:

00 U nt and f 1 i,~ipts ,

l.r

-T

~-~~I ~

R4p~es ~~t~~ ~r~~ c~~grttuec and Orepared by art i st 134ri B . B +:il. a oh`ci •: ' th e

I~Oqueg t 44d exp Onst of th e o:ri: tT f,nAj Re Ooon-dent , Quanita. S . A1oa*az, s hnwi fi~ various

its 1121 1 . 111.-~~+ t o.rr~.. ~_r...

'' £~ewspaper ciipp~i~gs~noronir.•linq tiz ► JSA-FILAor ~# r 4rPon `j."sni~is l:fiarn~► ~.c~rtship held at

the Riz.a1 Metncari;al f ;ut~r~s from Mais:ki 22' to28 . 19$Z -uncier the spo7t-sorship of t~~e +oriiqi-r4 .j. RespQndent, juatii:ta S, Aioax-ax :

~ts ~r~~ir 11 ,~_.. ._~. ;,~. 3~arr f6 r 13-d }

Oer-r.if'ic>a:te "lrf participation,~nd 4rivert5.sements or " F .tLA" praduvts made byk~pspc~nd~nt , ,Ju~i~~ta S-, A:Laarag it - ~oroa.gncaur~~ries . .

~~t~]ph©t~graphs of beauties and cerebriti,eds.pprtiijcr or wea~i.nu "Ffi.A°" prodUVt :§'!na4P byRe Spanr,2 Ant i OuaYf #4 S ~ A1c4xaz .

- .~ . . .

~'',qkLi rr~'f ~'~ . . F~ ~t «.`~~-.~~•`__~Q_ "~~t~~l r

p?ewYpaper cli.ppi,nas and $nr~~vri.~~r~~~t~ t~f1 :mons qr s for. qpOaif*O pr~du~~s b~s4ririg thet~rad~ iar~c . .~'LLAf~l ,~t+d bJ~, ~~ .s~~► ~r~~ ;~ . ~dt~S . A],c:o.rat .

Liri.iSiulr NU . "-ii r'EF.RUAkY 20 . lyt36 120

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l:xr. r.i__-ts- 16" ana 1o-a•' -r-•------ •-Fc?nresentativy rt ewsparoez ~:~ippi.nas an. warningannouncements :•:k tne nuaiic to desist rrominfrinoing XesDC+nCei s CB aiuanica S . Aicat•a2•'s)

"FFi.A" trademark .

Grhib.~s__i,i•' c0_.:'47-, 'heoresenta.tive .commun :•.c•ati one relative to tnevarious applications tor registration .oi thetraaemark '•'rTiA' stied by Juanita S . Alcaraa'in otn *r cour.trias such as in Japan . Honaxonv .Taiwan . Sinqapore . i•;a,ays.ia . Brunei and Saban .

gxhj?d± "01, -Grder of tne 4:t.urt oi First instance . BranchV . Qpuezon City . presid?o oyer by Hon . Judaecduardo C . Iutaan . dismissing Civil Case NO .Q-2b5+'s9 .

y_ - •Certiried copy or Petitioner's applicationhearing Serial No . :y555 cield on uctoner 1 .1 9'19 tor the trademark "FILA" .

Forwardinc letter or Bii.o . Misa . Law Jr :icedatea Septemoer 38 . .yiy .

rcaEerral ie*-ter rrom tne u .5 . Yatenc lawver to$ito, Mina Law Oftice dated August 2 1 • 1 975 .

Exhibit "1y-c "Combined Cpatn . StacPm3nt . Leciara -tion andPower or Attornev .

Drawing .

Petitioner s nom* application bearing SerialNo . 19681-C/79 .

*1

Fxaibi* '_19-f'• -Acknowledgment or filing .

: R&Q xSxOIV• No . FE Ea#I UAi3Y ; 20 .0 . :1.986 1~3 . .

+. . . , . . • . . . . a . - y , •~ ,

r''fk' ~1~ `•] `~^.Ct`a '_ ; . .

Letter of 4ito, Mi$a iat4 Office dated r~pr~l1 . 1960 expressing :iiat the aup:iaoanc Wig Oplo.nger interestad, ; .in• -the- 'tixrth-er pL.q4;eOu.ti0n•o€ Peci.'tion-epr' s applac:ation . . . .

• • _ , • • .~. ...~.~.~..~ .__

AJncice - of ba.xadrir~ oc~ aF•a~ .}0•ati-on sicrneci by. till?,,Par ec t r,~r - of a~rici• - .mailed- 'an Apr~l i t

~~~J.~1!.~l1~~°jjj ; , . • . .

A t~iriavst oz . UsF ~.i :Eed• by .k•est~olidenz y ~ .tuar~xc 4S . X~:~c~araz, ir: &oni,1eQtA#i with her. c of}t ~ •riu;ed,use or "WHITE- 'T 'L• i..I~ r`° ;il,~ . & F ~,WO .}j' rsj~ ~to~fr~under I; egis trat :vn- Vert~fic ate .Ivo . 51;-2~67'.

, r• , both • parries hitci fi3ppd tne ir re spec t i~~ Ljott4'pri"A€t jdi, , thg case wa.s (xeerc►ed --submitted for dec-: .z%ion .

As raised ]~y k'etiti o ner in i4s Petition, the main-toto -be . X osd 4ved in this, ca•$e. is- i~ttaetllei or not I~t~~,t iori

t~::e ;rsi f ic-at.e -No . 26280 for . th p t ra,aeiaar3.c " FIi;Aj" issued -a+IaUc ~qkr~r 3 , 1978 to the' cr~.ginal ~esp ond+aut , Juanita S .~l;~4r~~, Vat isries tne r e.cttiiretnenr. s or S ection 4 ot• * Ftepvtbrlio •A.;# •1m cr . ' i 66. , as arwe rjAe.d,; and this requirement h.eing~,atj S ji.ed ,M qt ,withs c andi ng, ~heth ex'- Article 6bis -of ' the

' ftris fonverrcjon should gowe r'°n ._ . . . . . . , . . . . . H

Sac.Tion 4 of kepub7.ic ~ct No . • 1 66 , as • amen ; tef3., s>✓ eci ii-

o&i ly riovzdes :

be iKnown as the principal register . The t:+Wper of .

>'S EC 4 R _!5~ st~rgl tUIl~ . p: t - tr e"mag4j~-,n.~~te~ an.d s erv~ce~~rar4~s .«~-t~ie'=.priri~. i ~a t r~i st•er .-'There is- hereby ss r abl i th ad a ; aciisrer ai` trade^ta~i~cs . ~ ,r ade-i•tames an d . service-marks which shal-l'

a.- traciertatax kt, --trade-na

me . : or 4 ervi ce-mark Used todistinguish has foods, ; ' business or service iv i:rornthA 90oci,s, :tausiness or ' services of othet-4 -04I1 •haye the riaht to reqister• th #r same on the px3n~i.-

:pal, z-e!;Xi $t•vr,- . unlass it. , -. . .

(.a•) Consists O ; or . c9mpri sas i.mmdea I d 6~~p=tIve or s~~:aindal~?u..e~• t~{a.4t er : r~r• -matter- w}iic~r maydi.s~P4Vag O or f al tt~ly ;iaggest a corrngcti on wit

h pqrso lis, ; i .vi:11,5 or

dead ;, irstx tuti ons,• b 4Iief s ; °~+rtati on:al sy.mboI.s, cr jprinq th". into Cont6rt~pt or

DECISION NO . 66-11 FEBRUARY zu, iy86 • 1 22 •

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disrepute ;

'.r,) Consists or or c*mprises the flag orcoat or arms or other insignia of the Ph2litopinesor any of its positica: siurdivisions, or-ot anyforeign naticn . or any sa:nu4ar,ion tnereo= ;

(c) Consiets. or or comorises a name, aort-rait or signature identifying a particular zivinainaiviauai. except uv his written consent, or thename, sxanaturrr, or portrait of a deceased!'re'si¢ent oi tr+a k'ni!Lppines, eurznq tne ?i :e orhis widow, it any . except by the wri~tec consentof the wiiiow l

ta; Consists or or conreriaes a mark or traae-name which so reshmbies a marx or traae-name reais-tered in the Philippines or a marx or tr•ace-namepreviously used in the Fhiiippines by anotner ananot abandoned, as to ae Lil:eiy, w.-,en appliec to orused in connection with the aoods, business qrservices or the applicant, to cause confusion ormistake or to aeceave nurahasers e

X K

Ownership c. f a .traoemarx and now it is acC]ulrea, on tneother hana . as aoverne4 uy Section 41-A of the same 1'rade -1mark Law whicn reads as 'oilows :

"aEC: . 2-A . ;wnFiSli_a gi tr~de~ma~css traar-r~es~and__servicg-marc .; ;__h~~w aco lU red . - Anyonewno lawfully produces or dep.le in merchandise ~-ifany Kind or wno engages in any lawful iousiness, orwho renders any lawiui service in comrnerce, bvactual use thereof an manuracture or-trade . inbusirtass, and in the service rendered, may appro-priate to his exclusive ice a traaR-mark, a traae-name, or a service-marx not ao apprdpraa.ted nvanotner, to aistanauish nis mercnandise, business .or service from the merchand?se, b i isiness * orservice or otners . Inc ownership or possession o_a traae-mark, traae-name, servic'e-mark, neretor,)r4or herearter approoriatea, as in cnis ssctionorovided . shall on recognized and orotec :Fn'in tnesame manner anu ?o tne same extent as are othernrooer*.y riahta xnown to the taw . 4ks amende4 byR .A . No,. 69►+)"

UG(,'iS':.LrM ,40 . oh- .L1 Nr,.6KUA~?Y Lv,, ivi~ti

w.` ..,. ..~.~ .+~ . . ..- .~~. .K .--i-+ .~.•.-L~.~.e~..~rr ._ ._ . .. ..,.L_.. ..~. .~+. . . ~ . .~ . .. .~ .. - .r--.~ .~ . .. . ..w. .r . . . . . .~~.~ . i

1*

There , is h0 question that the tr4demaLks k~eing claim~r~ara :ies in -tfiis are 'r o'n`usirig`_y iijmtlar, a,i n9tby . the parties '

outrioht ieEtnticai . Pet it ior,er ala.irns thatRacp~strcit'iora, Certificate, No . "6t6t,, waLs isselad 31t1 vio

l Qt' SOfinri 4 ot 'the- tra.aemarx. 'Law, pax tzcuiar i y paraqrapti(d) t1~er$of . ' .

•, .As of' ; March i,' J, ') "e S,wneo Respo•naent s` preriec sassor--in-

inzerest 4a.apted and sta.'rt©d the use or the tradetna~k:.`F1LA" in the Pniiippines for men's ant .̂ wwni6,n'5i •t'-shirtsws11 A.~ !p-t Septetpher ~U . 4 977 when ~tegtstra'Eien Certi fi c~.tNo . $~,? 56'7 zor tt~.e tra~ie.~ta1 .~ :'WHYY~; LiP6E FiLA Lv.GU'alser f9r men's apd wonjeli' s iyahArts,'w.ag issued in favor ofRespox~4entS predecips :ac,r-i n--interest Juarri.ta asw~.11 .as` of August 311977 when the application wria'fihrigen.td intiq Rogist.rati:o,n lkn . ? b72 tili 'Which is t1i>e sup3ec't 6tGjk, tj~c .~l~aci.Qn was. filed, the trademark "FILk" was neitherregi.tt#~~t in the F~i].i{tiva.nes nor in atai.y t~or Use 4n

-it7i~.°~s and other gar M 6.n t' an €avor of •i'e,t- itionex . 'sis clearly shown by the evidence ox' record . as well a4 k~y

~ sthe offici~1 records of this c~fice, . Petitioner, filed i~.,three app], .iqations .ror the reztistrati -~n, of tsi :is tx4.demtx.~.An* the Philippines Philippines mucli ~ater . The first appiicata.~'{a

~,eriai ~fq'. 26694 ~ar the traae~c►ark. "FIL'4,''' was f .ii.ad

by F~t . itiarrer t}jxc►ucth Miessr.s . Paredes, Pob7ador, et al .

gc►~rmlie~ _r~~7~S, which a~?'~i~.cation'was in turnonly 4~? e-based on ; or corro~s}~ands 'tr, , Italian Ap~s~.~,cat icrr~ No ~

;~ .i $ ~'t,p,C-17e which was r i ;t 6d i n I t a l y 013'~~gt 18 ~ 1976 : ':second ippJ.3qaticin -bearing. . Set ia.i No, 26895 for the tr.40- .

" F sts.riized in color" was - filed byretitioher th~ro4gh~Ee.~sr's . Pa:rod6s, Po~►lacibr, . et a! . aiGO ~► niv on i_vavomb~r197which application was based on, or eorzesp6rlds to,Italian Application Mn, 2(i434 C-78 tiled in Italy only onSe~~err~er_ YdA, x

9i:7t~ . ~,'h6 t1~ir2 a~+piication k~Qara .tztt Sox'ia~~

t~3o,., 3,~.5- for n8 tra.d4bm4:r1~ 'f'ILA' was tile4 by .POtitionoirtlirottqh Messy s . Bito, Hisa, bo;~ada A&sc+cia.too ohl~ arti)vtabar 1 . i979, which appiicatian wa.s,Uasea on, or coiicbs-pox4ds t~~, Italian Application No 19692 C.-79 fiied only onJ~ne ~7~ 1~78 . Tncider.;tall.y, tnis third azsplio•A~tl.~?n WASexpressly aba11doned by ..the poritioner 'tExhs . .'191, 1119-a-1to "19--h":i

Inci.e", it is seen fr4m the foreqaing that the earia,attd4t~-e Petitiorior appliotd for the registration of the * trado*-ma,f?k ."VILA" in Italy for. use on crm~tlts was ol; ~eptornizpx

~,thi.l~h d~r~e definitely much iatpyr thpn the date of4~~ ner~t .' --i,p-inter4st of the

DECISION NO . 66-11 FEBRUARY LU, lyna 12 4

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same marl: on in ract . Petitioners appli-cation fi :gd in ltaly and upon which it Oased its appl} ;cations tn the rniiiopines ware mane mu4n later than tnedate or registration of the same r.iarx in ravor of oriainaiRespondent Juani,te S . r!icaraz, on the Sypotemsp~a! Regis-

'tar on Sgptem . .er ~yl 19!'i . and a imost on the same aate ore---e. 3 . . - .

the reqistration thereor on tne Principal Register opctobe~ •~_t9'I5 ,

Petitioner's claim that the trademarx "P'li.A" was regis-tered in its -favor in Italy for garments as earlv as 19 65is Let+.iev?p without fac':uai basiF . Tne only er.htbic wnicqdates Lagk to 1 966 is L'):n1L :t "L° . As correCt

-v pointea

out oy Jtesbondents' counsal . Exhibit "L" %Jes not ider{tI iieaby any witness since Petitioner dic not bother to

Ipresent

any witne6s . Ir. was not certified to by ~he oiriciaicustodiaei thereor. . In adaetion, it is mereiy a xerox copy ;hence, it is not admiss=bie, a cererui scrutiny of tnedocument snows tnat it floes not indicate nor show tnat the•rearistraticn covers aarrtiants, ror these reasons . N'x.niieit.L" cannot be re.iea upon as evidence to show tF•at

Petitioner rea}stired the trademartt'"rILA" way bac ;c in i56~for garments : Mq4l*nvRr . in tile Statement ti:xh, "A") purpot-tedly siqne(% by Petitioner's Vice-President , t~ianseveroFila, and identi:ied not before this Ofiice but in thecourt of Firer instance ot yttezc.n City, Exhibit "L" was notincluded arn.ang Petitioner's alieaea registrations of themark "rILA•' . Ar. examination of bxhi.Uit "A" readily showsthat Petitioner's earliest reais5rat ;on for tne trademark"FILA -' 'ror garments was issued only on Jrtrber .5 . a976(Ex'rrs . "I" and "J" ) .

the z9cora rurther ieveais tnat Petitioner never usgdthe trademark "FI.:.A" in *,ne Philippines . Aside'fr•om t.nestipuiation voiuncarilv entered into :ay Petitioner throu,anits counsel on :uiy ly . .r~e~3 to the effect that it had nolicense to do business in tile Philippines tI .e .n . of 'uiy1 5 , 1963 . p . Ir . Petitioner's witness it9eulia FraHap), whotestitiea ' in Livi : %:ase no . w-C6689 beiare the Court ofFirst Instance of Quezon t;ity, cateqorically admitted that.Petitioner never used the trademark "FiLA - ' in theFhili?pirtes . Mr . Franco testified as iollow•s :

"w. Now. do you know it your companyhas ever sold its products in theYhiiLppit,es f

A . If I know if my company sells here?

e

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DE~C-J$ION NO . 66 -11 FEBIt1JAKY 20, 1Y86• 125'

,~a~~r~~~. .t .~, .~~e.~'~5• .F'+~~4'►j•~~'~~'.q. .-. .Ff•• ;~ •r`W~T•T-~ .f-.'.:::+ .i, .i.~:.1~L :F. "r~~4-~lr .A.$~qk„i:r~.4'L .~~~~r~i. :..• . •'F •~ . • . . , k • •

b! . to Yes . do V o µ s e ~ :l your. proytuc t v 7,t )tile pililippi*Aes?

A . . Your Henbr, my . oompany doe p top tsell taere :oQqgusli FjiA ~~smpt Sl e l .ibeca.tive rz F T Lr'1 makes r~~r,~:pr~en•t' Mer~e

~~ Nuuai°~i lrrh . oa~t'~U± e],•Y L 4 q' *. ° . stop • it .- q~ `CGour :}io, )Cri4v' , :l

~.ax.$ oria~~~ qa sr th4t.: p J L~k zapnpt

aV.i4ke s~ipent ~r+~re4410.k~I~.~ • ~'~ make sY~ir~i~tRnt here ne~w 'Of fz4P i .•a,1~~+ • an dor law F MA does not.~ say t~i~t`, •

: - .~~'~• ~ ~.Y.o~' :~,.~ c+xn,pa r~± .. .,~y'~r._ .~~?K',.~~.o.,...~ e } 1. ..._.~. ,,.._ .& e-

of Mar4cli 24,i S8E) 0-carked as . Exn .,

The fact that Petitioner never used the °' Fi ;.A`' trade•--arearit-,• in the Phi? ip'pxnet• 4s ' . further es.t3blikhed by its:f:ai :lvArp to 'contrkdiot or- - impugn t.h's'_testirfohy Qf ~tesp~ilT'A.e.nt•r wit.nesseg, 'Armando P :.• A►Icara<, aild• Pedro B .who Atateel jr, ` t ljai r af4 idavits; su±-mitted• in•'ii4bu of 'theiKdi,~oof ~e~tims~~iY f that Peei* a.taher never lawfully utod inoomrnerop. -in. tht Phfiippin~g the "P1,LA" tr4dom4rk and "0qt7frs?u~VoCa1jy - .qtated that• 1~~ tki4 t-imoAYlO or'iqiYlal :~~4pQL.P.fOnt r 3U-41a4ta a . ~ ir arak-,' aogv4 ;%red by aOsf4ihment the "FiLA1 1

nobody elz~e- as v4s3ng' - sa°irl trademark in 'the~'hi~iRpir~~s . - • . . . . . .. .. ,

." , . .- .•- ; .• . . . . .

"~ 7, : That to .the best n f -ray knowledge, the impor- •te,tiop into the Phxlippinos of finYShecl ga~x- •m6z:ts. taa.p been jaannisd- .unt!I t~~ yeark -ago ;~ ,,, , •- • .

.22-- fih•at. A n n 1 977 ,• there were, no i.rnb*rted FILP►'• T=thirts legally s'o•~ d in t.he 'Phslippines :

'I'tt?tt f :EI.A T-shirts • and other F IL• A proat~dti •. • L;iQ1; a1'[te pop tt ~ar in t k~ :O 3'b i 1 i p°p3neT 641y aCttEr

We , s -t•a .rtsa: - .mancisacturihg at~d cirstril~4tat~4t a1e[ct in 19ri'~ , r.r (Af'~`~d~1Tit 6f ~►rrll~trico k` .'AY6. a1ai L~oitCGt~ Jj3t1y •~ 1 -983 t.f4i C•11 q o}°t~~ i 'G}it OdrY~•~: - diroC:t • . tCj t•tltCt q }'i y , ` p$r K ila 16 ~1̀ '`1 f 43) I

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kegis* e :r and ;~ubs eq:uent 1y , onaeptember 1 95 ., 1 977 , C;uyt o assigned .a ; ;.! n3,pr. ricrhts ,. ,in~t .er,estand' ~tir: .3e L,I~I 'i. uain~~. :+x~ti t i.cat

.i~+,n aerial No . ;iR -~-u1~6 wp the

original Respondent . As a c oraseuuenc e .. w:!~c~n said app :~.?-cation was allowed and Certificate of #te qristra t ion No .aR-2 957 , was issued on Sept emberB 2 2 , 11977 . . tne said certixi•-cat,e ', wa s made in the name ~o'r the or iq•ina l :ccasp-c;nrlent , ►.F,xhs ../i1.11 • f1 11 .1 .'1 1. fl .11 - .t' li . . .

. . . . 4 . 14.On' t h e otner hartd, the r.epresent,ative, i rivoiceo tExhs .

115 e . f .4t_,a i ., to " 5 -22" ? of Re sT3t`► 1'I+. entt predecessors^i r► -i.nwerest convan+;inglLv- Snow . . 't,h3i they have been manufactu-ring • T-shirts ana other products bearing the trademark"FiTA F iiuvA)" drsd di.stri-r.atlnq~ them to . var.i•ous establish-ments and outlets ..all over the Fsi:i ;,a.ppines. sa.nce-tVIai ch 1,1975 .c~ntinuc~i:siv up to tne pyesent . this Utf :.cg, sees thatone famous outlet ok :Kpsp,dnctent,s is the ,Kustan° s, 1,.0fl1m'3r'Cia'iCoLip°or .axion .t,Exhs, i,6 .f ; ,t6-a ., to it6~u .l, ,

It has been urd,iorinly iiel .d • .not ot:ly t•* this itari,•sdic-i . . •tiion but a! s+. in . tlie 11nitg4 Stca-~.ez 0 fAmer. ica tlaa-[ : .

'_'7'ne. right- to regri,ster a. tract.emark,, is basedon, .:inc . vs .* Direc#:ox of .j,?atent .v, L-1790~, Oct, -29, -1965., . ~CRA,-147 ; Litn, :~uaVS . Kaynce Company . 1-2,4802, Oct*. 14'. . .1968, 25scxA 4.86 )

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Cie essence, ot a trademaxk, is use .andbetween two c .►.aimailts . to a mdr.k . prior ity o;t useror appropriation prevails and determines theexclus.ive rights thereto ." :.Columfi~i,a . .IiIil? C".o~, .vs .Alconn . 150. J . S . 460~ 463 .. .3% 1146, i4 ' •$txp . ;;t . Rep 15Do aware -k K. Canal Co, vs .Clark, 1,~: Will ::1.L 1.,. 20L . ed . .583 ; mca:eanvs ~ r''lemitfg, 96 td . S ?5 . 251 , .ed .. $2, $39 . Amoskeg, .lif g . Co . vs . Trainer ; 101 U . S . S1, 25 L . ed . yy;,994) . :

• . . . i a ~'_With the uncontroverted evic;►ende of Keipoodents' pVqe:te-

cess3rs-iti--i n Ger.est' s . x :*ki st use q£ tne . zr~ark LAI' FDEVICE" in tne F'hilippi~res since march l, 1975, as born eout by their Local sal:a s , wh xch fact is uncxi.sputeci by t h eb'eta.ti orsear , as well . a s•, . export. 5 to other couM . ri es. (Er:hs .tt~it' s )7_a it

r to 117 tt~ti i*~ ii w . fi 8-Fii

. to ifCf- tt t$

f.t i, . I t- 19„.a

to "9-ccccccc'') and their extensive advertisir,a prontotional

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seles campaign l):.xns . "10" . "1C•-a" to -iu-g" . "11' , "ii-a"to "11-c", "12" "1t-a" to "1 2 -v", "13-a` and ' :Ie-d thisOff ice is convinced that l:esnonaents have astaylishgtipriority of u se and adoption of the subject trademark inthe Phi~ippines .

"The first user . wno arise our, or a bi.tstnessto which the trademark re=ers and tile coodw2!i itsymbolizes becomes t :ie taaue.~aark owner, '(C,ailmann . Uniair Comoet it xon and Tranemark . Sec .9 . '76 .2, p . 119-5)

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"Traaemark rights arise out of appropriationand use . and tne exciusivn right to a partic1uiarmark be,.onas to one who first appropriates it inconnection with a particuiar business . Thouch itis sometimes stated that this right is founded onpriority of appropriar.aon, in fact, the riaht ofthe use of mark arowz out of their actual use . andnot by their mere aaopziqn . The mere adoption ofa mark without ¢ctua .l use in order to pre=empt itand thus to prohibit its use by otners . does notcreate any legally coanizabie ri .?nts ." lC;ailmann,Unfair Competition ano 1'rariemar< . Sec . 76-1 . pp .116i-1i63 :

qwnershir, or ior one to ye considered the rightfulownbr or a trademark . snouju_staM tr_m !ise or tne mark incommerce in _t ne Philipo ines . this is cleariv Provideii foray Sections i and 2-A ci kepubiir, Act No . 100 . as amended .guuEa, otherwise xnown as the Traaemark ;.aw .

There is no doaDt then that under the Fhi1i»oine •rrade-maric Law . trademarx rignts arise out of aopropriation'ancuse . Hence . the exclusive right to a particuiar marxbetongs to the one wno _irst appropriated and used it inconnection with a particular business in this country .

A case in point is that of w!olvgEin.g_ Wory't c•wicie, Inc .va,_~or~3p__I~goies . CA-L; .k . No . ar-u6710-12-k . June d5 .1579, in wnicn tne then Court or Appeals sustained theDirector of Patents when he said that :

"While it as true tnat witness Hr . Panburg ofpetitioner identified a certificate enumeratingthe various countries wnere petitioner's marx

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J}SH F~E1PPr. .~ Design of, a Dog' i..~ iregis~erald, thedocuittent . itself does 'rjot: sn±aw : ttjjii the said .tra+ie- .t'r,k)~k is registered i ni t is not ; As 3CdY", as t ht- ei t*.d rqqiSt :roL tio21 inother countries, i a c0t1{:e:m P.d , the ti:•~st~r n

r~ .rnat i miaa3 ,- . Inc •~ n e case o x • §terd i ncr P+ ~~fiuctts 1'i'*vs . Farbenfabr,iksri 24Yez , X . Qt, et 1215 ,hel¢ that-.

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'The Unii8c1 ,st•O.t e o- 1S. n o •C t he

~°}1 i 1T,T3~3 i3~@S R £i!g 1 ~ tra yk i ~hC~ ]li t !~C~t•i,. ~ ~~ Ustor,es is' not k-5olistr4Lt ic5ri in th e

Thus, the fact that "HUSH Ps.fJP~IES LRSx ►JN Ur A D06 .' is rECria.-

tered irr the United States and other countr~es but n0t' _~n

the Phitippinos, the ,same faas no bi>93-ing: ei tO'ct in this

jtxri5df~tion. r , .•, :~

ia .:, worthy to ri6te tt'ta~~• this . concept of ow•nps :iip

being kc.quirea or aris~iaq,.,frc►m, prior appropri•a~.ior}: ant~ us ec?ttun~.coe 'in . :ne 1hiiippires-, has beep al law~cof a .. ma-~k in

hy gur Court even ,}:bopgah, tne mark iY a .~~e~;~~and own~n .,by another . ., . The, celebrated ~TS~u . ~. ~sJss~~ ~t~~~t~.ars~

Ealtez'n : Inc . vs, Court of - 4pp,ea:L s , L-29971 ,-. Aug . .. 1982)and ~SfiKLL case*- ~SHe11 . Co,,c► t .,the Philip p~E~es vs . Fortune

T'oJ3aopa Corp . CjN -c: .R L-01099-R Sept .. 28t 197a) apo,latg4, that Of the -Hf;#JC?~K' s(iicicock Mfg, Co . ~ttc, ., vl$ .

Coqft of Appeals, et . al", * O .R . L- 44 "7fi7, Aug , S1. ~~9$2j andSElKU' s 43`ahilram J . Ba.ia.ni vF; Susa.na 1'41er►c:ie, ass*gnar

to A4rora L . Tan . AC--G .R, . ~o`, SP-U7.b39-R,, May 23 ,. 15819),

are elaqueti-•t exampAles of .this . Local cigd.,rP_tte tnaiiu~1C!tW-rers were '. allowed to use tne wei1-lonown marks "E5W" anc t

onn cigarettes t a flari~ina shoo rnanu#ac:tux-er was

Al3, .o'Waci. To use ,111c:K•vK-., ~..~nd the well--~,Psiwrt

was; allowed to re. .used lZ~ another tor' wa :t•lets . even th94ahthey, wet e Yao-c ibf e origiriai owners 91 thle~~ . we1 l-~Cncas~r~

}11~r~.~r • - ' a - , . . . . _ . ' •

This Office i$- not 4=indful, ot" the exi.xtekfr`p of the

Paris •Coetvention for the lprLFiqctior} or sajdu.s~~i*x pr Qpp)e~,Y

a;1,:1 the possi)~l.e application . thereof to thi if O.s .e . :k1~

pertiptrit: pr.ox.isions of,saitt Ccznsiiahtiqq a}r-e .as x01`1 ow s ;

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" .c ~) . Hattionai,s; rn'f c3ac'ra or t .09 o.outttries of

~h.~ Ut~iQC1 . sliall, as fegar~s the, protpo a.on. pz •

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industriai property, eniov in an tne bther coun-tries ot the Union the aavanca,xes tnat their res-pective laws now crant . or indy he: ea r=. Er grant . •tonationais : all witnouc pra:iudicb co *.ne riqntssoeci_ally nroviaea sor by this Convention . t:an4e-•quentiy, they snail nave the same protection astrio iatter . and the same lbcai remeay acainst anyinfringement or their riahts• provided that theconditions ana formalities imposed upon nationalsate comp:iiea with .

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•'tit The countries of the Union undertake,ex officio if their iecrisiation so permits . or atthe request of an interested party, to refuse orto cancel the registration, ana co nrohibit theuse, 'of a trademark which consti*.ut9S a reproriuc-tion, an imitation, or a trans :ation . liable tocreate confusion, of a mark considered by thecompetent authority or the countzy ot reaistratiuhor use to be well-known in that country as beingalready the wart or a person entitled to the hene-fits• of this Convention and used for identical orsimilar aoods . These orov1sions snlll also applywhen the essential part or the mark constitutes areproduction ot any sucn wbi . ►-known mark or animitation liable to create confusion therewitn .

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This Ofiice finds no quarrel witn the a?orequoted orovi-sions of the Paris i.onvention and, in fact, adheres strong-Iv to tnis Convention . However . before the said provisionscould op-orate errecti.vely in tnis jurisdiction and beforethe aiidged foreign owner or an inaustriai prroperty availsof its protection, it is required that tne industrial pro-perty be registered here unaer Section 37 of Republic ActNo . 166 . as amenuea, wnicn nrovides t

, :SEC .. :7 , ki3!'i-t-N--o-f - igrei i 91?_Ef4 •s_rancs . -Persons wno are nationals oE, domicilea in, ornave a bona iide or effective nus2ness or commer~cial establishment in any foreign country . .whiciYis a narty to any ititernational convention ortreaty reiatinc to marjcs or trade-name4 di the

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rs~re~siori or '~►n,iaix : r.om~.et i tinn T, o which `

Pniiipp4nos may be a .Paa:ty ;- shai ; be erttitled` ~o,

the tjenq~its ano. s*4nject to the fii01+i.T-Y.Ons Gi t :ilsAct to the extent and under the 09nditioxi4 e ssen--

tia ► to give eftect -,G ariy €suen ronve4t ion and

'traatigs so 1oncr a the -+'r► f 1j-Vpines isFidl :i 09 ijtan~ie

A's t)e d p4x'ty tawz +~r ~'d r~x~: as p~-oyided ar~ •r rse ., ~~~~'ilc•~wi~cr ~ara~~;.a.phs 2f ~hi :: secL'i.c►~~., r. , ,•.

. No rzqistr*r,~oh o't -a mar4 oY-tra4en4rn'-$ in ch.-e °

-Phikippihes zy a parson .q,4soxibert'irj the preqcd1ncrr•~~ra~t~'~t~r~ of thie s~~?~~on sn~1 :~ tre c~~~tzteci tir~t~. .1 '

° such *4~k or - tiade}n~iiie , i~a# ~~~ en ~ecri ;~~er4c~ i~ti th~,,

aQgn~;r Qf ar~,c~an rr~ `` t~e a•pr~sa.aant ►~.~~ . a s5' thN

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An 'ar+AliCaGi:oYl 1:oy r64 iStYa'ta.CrY1 of a T(tal~k or' .

trade-04me undet the '09yisiatit' of this 'Acf riled

A a person tierr.rimeCI:- in the zi.rst ,paracfirapki of

tbis ~sOotion who !}as' prair :i.ous3,y fully i'ii~fl ~it

App on or ~coa~,.~~~dkt~on of the safne• mar.k or

tra~.e`r~at~e in one of t ht,- countries diis&i~ibed in

s•ai~-' paragraph sha11 ' he a~coorcted ttqe. same 'force

e.n;a' offect as wou:Id tt~ acoe~r&.e~t to tfie sat~e

cttiosi if z ;lr~~i in tho' ' r~~iliPpix► es ,on tn~' s~me .

on vhioh the apoli.cation was first filed, i n

r~ • _ .' •' ..gu~~ ~S."f Y~.?~• Y~Ln~} yf i, ~3. Ov4LiLed, That

ca? The ~t7p'ia.oation in the Pc~9.Iiropines is

€i]'4 1'4'd' w, gix monfri~ rxorn the' iiaie' on wr,iGh tn,4applic~ation w4s first fi14d in the rc.r¢i :7ri- oau-n--t~~ within three montns from the dato~ offilin.g c~rt within stae4 time as the DxrPot ot' shal l

~nt sl fur-i.1i his disoreti.on 9rari'Y: , the aPPl~c i

nis~,' a certif 1 ed oopY of th~'c~~-~a

.`~ViicYatkcsri for or

r~o ;stxation in the i;oiintry of ir~~.tf pt the #I~fi~.i=

cant, - t~?cfether with 4 - tItafisl4tI0ix fhie%•fFuf iintoEnqlisb, if not in the. ~ncrissh 14TnV~tage ;

. , . . , .LD) The applxcati4.n confo'r'fri'O,2as ns,4rly as

praeticqLhl:e to the requiremen'ts' of, ttiis Act ,bu~t

use. in commerce need no be AIlix4441

9 Th4 ri.q'h~# #cq4a.r0d'- by thisO p4':~.00 °

ipe for@ t he - ~ate'of 'i V.t $ #itiriS'r or- he first

c t icn ixtl1§ fb9~~t 1 -n 00 k_IC'3~s

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arreotea by a registration obi.ainPa on an appii-cation filea unaer this c+araaraon .

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Petitioner . as tins :Jrrlca sees it . is crying to seexrefuge unaer the FroCecClVe mantle or krticie 'rbis of thesaid Pax-is (:onventiou ana, thererore . claims tnat tne sub-?er,t mark is w__1 known in this counr.zy :cne i✓ni ..ippinyslat the time tne then -raeemara; application oi Sy Chin wasriled .

P1nv flartv who claims protection unaer Section 6D78 orthe raris Convention must . nowever . meet certain rEqulr4-ments . In a recent aecisaor rendered by the viiice inUpited _ reay ures Svn ciiga 9y~inet^y sl IL_ur~s inowe~ t;J:gt.ip?._Mfg . C,;g ., IW.. No . 15,W dated uctoAer d . 1~k,4 (Decision No .64-6.i tTAi], the party who ciaims tnat its mark is 'wei1.known" and seeks to protect rights under the ParkConvention must .show tnat :

(a) the mark must ae interna*_'_onaiiv known orwe:tl-known -- rrtea!ilag tnat it must be a mdzx.considered by a competent authority in toiscountry to be we -, .l known in the Philippinesas neino already the mark of a personentit :ea to the beneiitn or cnis Convention :

ibi The suoiect of the right must. be a trademarx,not a patent or a c•opyriant or anything eise ;

(c•i The marx must ~ae for use in the same or simi-lar ~cinas or aoods ; r.n d

(d) ';he person claiming must be the owner of themarx c'raris Convention ; article by•Dr . ArpadFtoascn . Director General of tne WorldInte.Llectuai F'rooerty Organization -- Oeneya .Switzeriana . 1 9 tJ 3 , o . 4 6) .

These criteria were in fact se*, fotr.h by no less thanthe Honorabie Minister ot Traae and inaustry, the HonorabieMinister of Trade and Industry . the honorable Robeito V .Gnctpin . in h iR Hemorancum dated October i5 . 1963 to theDirector of ratents wnen tie set out cuiaelines ror thedetermination or "well known marks" in implementing theprovision of Artic:e 5bis or the Paris Convention for tneProtection of Industrial Property,

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While, i pdeed, tt i e r 4 :s rr t:• question tnat the sub jectrnark ' is a txa c ler~4rk . this Ur xS.G 4~+•' .i s not . convinced that it'

ilippi'r~e~,was wali known in' the wc,t1 q , m0h le s s in the'at the dat e z he s.p -p~ icatY oni• for regit tra ti on 'of tn e tr 4fz~-ma,rks by Responrior9t s ' prede~ 4-_ sors-iri ~-- a.nt L--r ert were filed :

indeed . it' is wor"C h , mentioning at this ykaye t hat wh 4 l othere is no doubt that t h e. • '' FI LA" trad6mark,~ L_s_,vf_htw',well ltppi~n, the 4par ;L denrae1 tin record -btoes not' sh ow that it'was . i n fact . a1 roady "vesi-kn owri„ at the time the pr qdewces 400rs _~n- interes t of Resp9q,4?»ts itcloptea and startOusing the *marks in the and at~ th4 time theyfi l eO their_ app ;k i L4t a . bn § f oa: k*t

~on in the Nhi.l x~?~S3t3.~

Paten

t' Cjific e• The evidence, ' a:n . taot .• shows the cmrirra V ~3 ;Tltio ~'hx ~.~.~.sgra:ne te4detna r~~. - s~. t4atie~n o.f :"~'IiiA" t#~ o n wat thati t w4s got yet wi de ly .1fnQivn . at the time an app 1~cati *on for

w OL ~' f3 l ea c,n Sept-eimi~ ox, •1 5 ; 19 77,Wh tai fii av-p lit: Ai:i o I ti matured ''as f;efti fi ca.te• or ~'act~ s~~atir~n`N Q`, SR-7Z ;61 on sUpten►Aeg 2 2 . 1 97 7 and th® appllcatioti forroai 0 tfa'~i~~n o~t the ~'riiac iaa~' ~~sc[ister +aas; f i :kgd on A tiqust'

31 , ' 107' and ripon'ed into . Cortif l cate o f Rerris+.ratlari No .'

.; 6260 . Herein 'Petitioner, - wnfl c.t aims to' -"be the Owh¢rVkj er jof j had not ever, fi~ed its applications for regi,s- ►trati.'g.A of tiio same mark on or;_b efqr-ethe~g ;cl3-t g iown' dq ntr'Y .,.5~4't~~~. ._Ii~c?~,~ ~ap s~aM ,Qt r,er

A's pointed otA 'h 4reinbprore , it filect ~i s~'kt~~ ~p~~ne App1'a.qAt~ on 5eria. i ' No . 36894 for 'rogist j:ati. ononly on November 23 , ~.9 ?c~- . Another ~h3~llp}~i1x6 A"Pp~. i a,~'t~.pnS erial 316695 4 1sio fiT~eCi on November 23, "976 wa s b4 s+,x

"pt er~b6r 13,I t-al ia11 4ppsseatio°n riled only o ti S 9

It is thQreforq, clear that ~espor~~ler~ce ~s F'~il`ipp$neregistr,ants were 'ahead in' fili-ng their applications forr ecti~Lir#t i011 ar. the mark "x'1LA" for yarrnont s in ~hp'

Philippines And olsewher.e xn the worid, ano that they werePhi liprihOrvenabsA to rSbtaiij their r-cegistratiows in th e

bef;re the ita.3.ian Eornpa~lk, could file its ItaIy,

At tn~s poant.', attention is .directed I:~.~ the prdir~,qicnns

of our Philippirie Traieiernark Law, Sect-ion 37, partioi .llgil_v

parqqraph to) tna~reQf, earlier citea herein ,

EVran a 0 suuro~ n 3~ therpfsrx~ . 'that the h$t-sin Petitioner~-~ti** ' rpq i, 8 tered the subj er~t mat-4 --~ a l tl~o g crk~ it has ot

tho right of ownor, ship Rf and tllo x'a.oht . . t oma~ k Ot a.11 b*1 at~gF t o~ • . 9. , , 4• . - '

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were acqµireci r,efore The date c•t fi .L ina of the first appli-Ca~xon ro ;' s3ia marx by tne :-etx :ionar an ir,s own c puntry .i-.aly . As clearly escabiisn ed ; tne Petitlotier * 8 firstappir,xation for registration at its trademark 'rI:.A' ur•edor, garments under 41a6s 25 was filed in tne thliil}>pine a onSeptember 18, 197n ( . E:tna . '19', "13-a" to a t whichtime Respondents' oreciecessor- in - interest has a .ready reqxs-tered the mars "! 1 ,.A" on deptaRiA er ~Z . i :777 ( cxns . ' 1 .

''A-c" and '1-i"! .

1h.: records also snow that the Petitioner was not &bleto prove its arsoiµte ana soiid ownersnxp over the trace-mark ''i1LA' usea on ctar ments in Asia . In :ac*., in :ixpan .wh ich is also a sianacory to *.ne raris Convc+ntion, c'::ieTark is revisterect in favor of C . Itoh & Co . . Ltd. . : whilei n Hongkopg . a major world commercial center . both liesnon-aents and Petitioner are a L lowed to independently uk ® theirresaeoFive m$racs . CGrigxr.ai kesoonaenz Juanita S . Alcaraz .as earlier mentionea, became registered owner or the markfor garments in the F'hii;rpxnes in 1977, a date whichprecede all other rgaistraLions .

Registratic•n in tne name of Petitioner of tne "F1Lr+"mark ana its derivatives in other varts of the worla nadbeen errected only on aa*.es much iat er in time then tn*date oriainal Respondent Juanita S . Aicaraz beva.n to usesaid mark in commerce in the Phitipoines and in other oartsof Asia . As shown in its list marxed as nxnibit 'A''• butwithout corresponding autnenticated registration cer*.l f i-cates to support said list, j-!etitxoner h as tne foilowinsrre4istrations in its tavor :. . , - .

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applicaaie hereto as discussed above . r'or, as tite SupremeCourt iie:d in the vase of S-erlira Prodino; vs . F'arua,~qar iiten navag, _e,:u,,_aC_.~}.• . .7 S::.nA 1215 .it said :

'•!• he Unitea States is not the Philippines .Registration in the Uni*_Aa States is not reais-tration in tne ?hilippines .-

United States jurxspructence on the matter likewise hashela that :

''Praaemarx rzgnts accuired in the unitedStates eitner by registration or oy common sawafford no protection against acts committed wno .lyin a foreimi count-y ." (Vacuum Oil vs . Lade :;alCo . . 122 F . i 05 1

"An owner's right to have his trademarkprotected is co-extensive only with tne territorythrough whicn it is known ana from wnich it hasdrawn its rights ." (3ssor Ind . vs . Standard viiCo . . 96 F . Rd . 1 )

Conformably thereto, a teadinl authority on UnfairCompetition and Trademarks has this to sav :

"Tne law of trademarxs rests upon the doc-trine of nationalitv or territoriality . TheUnited States ana most ocner countries resoecttheir basic premise . The roope_or_e~pteetign ig._~n eiref ore_,. det ninba_ gy che_ iav_~f,_,~ne, cc?~itry .~n_wh~ch_wg!,o5eet}or~1s _qkLgi:_a_,aqiptern®~io~}alagreeTertg_>•or _t na vrotegtian_oL 2n9 :iecrial_2r9oe1ty are_preci:cated_uvort_tn~Fame ari ncAaie . x x x

Likewise . Petitioner has sou4ht reiuae unaer the14emorandum issuea by the then Minister or Trace . LuisViilafuertP . dated November au . 19KU iExh . '•Y'• : wnicn direc-ted . among others . tne Director of tne k'hi :ivoine PatentOffice to reject ail pending applications for, ana to com-pel the surrender and ..aucei. certitieates of registrationsai.reaay issued for mar:r.s whicn are signature or worlc-famous trademar,ts not nelonaing to tneir oriainal owners orusers . Although "MA" was c•ne of those marks xct*ntifieo .as internacionally ramous, it is not seen in tne sameMemorandum-Circular wno or what entity owns the saaa markor whose ownership of same is at:rinutea to or identifiel .

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°' "~.Q~itab~e ~' rie.~r~ri~se~' of"'~acnFs ; : ~~rAppe~., al~r3~+~q~f}S esGezt4'~ ~re besr~ci c ►n theor~ tn~t i~. ' .i .~ incu.ni- ,t!e~~it~ u~sor, • qvrr~~r i+f rriar~` ; ~i~vin•g art ~.~a ~ . ~r e c,nfirt rl~c;-~~ ~ie • nwti~~ o~ ' ~r°rbti~~er' s t}s~s ~?f same ~~' s3m~. ~,arina.~k f pr 1 i,Ise . o~ ~~.rii1 ~.ar gaods t~~ tal~e ~ pr~~htipr.

~ ' "'~iurist~i~unee~~:e f~a~• ~e~ined e'st~p~e1 as t~~e ;orie. t3~3~ ° is bs~ced '~ t~~on-' t .tie ~~rouc~d ~f py~iacD~~.if'i`~!'~ i~iY G4c'~.~.~ .f1Cf', i~oc~~. ~' .~3.].~~9 e'LT1C~~ ~Lt~i;~.'C~.!, . e~n4~< <r?~s . ~ur~ar~s~ is ~.o rorbi~~ . dne ~~o, ,sp~ai~ a~3~~ns~: #~is . ;

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aifirmative action to assert its rights and pro-tect them against what it riretna to be iniringemFSit

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~ng~egf__ppg_not ~o_s ;~ upgn. tnesae riants for inor-dinate time and permit suJS6auent user to build ucbusiness and goodwill aroun d mark before it taxesaction against such use, and ti-sat fa3lure totimely assert such riai~ts c aaia preclude remadysought,' i Set Products Inc . vs . ConstructionProducts . Inc . ii'ii TM lappbd; . «i JSFQ. 642ounderscoring supo'siec )

In its -~etition tor Cancellation . assumina that thePetitioner company has continuously used the trademarKs"FILA' for garments since 1 965 i ;+ar . 4), although it hasnot established this =act, it has indeed taken a lot oXtime to rile its application to reaistet said trademark inthe Phi_ippines until November 3 . 1978 .

Both App's--cation Seriai No . SR-4 016 and Serial No .33214 indicate tnat Wilfredo %;uyco and Sy Chin, tne prede-cessors oi tne new "'rILA•• owners in the Philippines .started usina the "FILA" trademarl: in the FhiilpAines'onMarch 1 . 1y75 . Petitioner di-1 nothing to stop such use .The only j ustification this Office can see is tnat "FILA'•was not well known at the time and that tne market in thePhilippines then was not proritaDiy attractive to warrantsuch actions .

Registration Certificate No . Sk-i -~67 rot "WHITE L1N34FILA & F LWv" was issued way back on September e0, 1977 bythe ?hilianine Patent V :rsce . Jp to now . after a lapse ofmore than eight (6 ) yearR . Petitioner has not taken anyieaal step to auestior. the vaiiciity of eaia registration .The record snows titat no action whatsoever aaainst tnisregistration nas been initiated .

Applicat i on z;erial No . 33i14 for "F3LA /i F LVGG" waspublished in the o f'iciai Gazette ror opposition . Pet.i-t'_oner did not bother to rise any opposition thereto .Hence . Registrat i on t .̀erti•r :cate No . 26260 was issue e,~ onOctober 3 . i978 to Juanita S . Aicaraz . After that, and inview of the inaction on the part of any t+arty, especialiythe Petitioner who asserts adverse interest to said mark . .original Respondent Juanita S . Alcaraz started to build upbusiness, and in fact promotea suLstantiailv immense good-will around the jsark, as shown in tne diiierent exhibits otResponaents . Indeed, tne record shows that said Respondent,

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r e~i JIT, Ored ir+ar 1,, 1 1r~ :~axowner cciVl.dh-4vo done ~z~. .. '-.)ur. ha-4 t o' s.ubmi ~

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''For . o~n4"t3~a.n~ 'i~ the ,rLAc~~E" the 'i ~re~~n ~ek~naz.a$zertea us* •r~f tk;o mfxk . in the pHai ippilisv through Tku~t 4"nttinoA-l" 3.~b~ Qx 19515 . 1 n th':i~ ~.P~tsC ;qr ,i.r~~,~tgri' in4>4§4, 00iirt .t hat t MeVer usesl., the r.►~rk, ► Fi i. in. X,11(s?h~~-~~~+~n~s", ii,xte?aa 'Rustan 'wkt, one Ju9LaA1Car'ak' .s .

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oi ownershifl . in this case . - uanata S . Aicaras reqisteredthe traaemaric ''F~LA'• both on rlee Supplemental Register an¢on the Principal- Regisrer .

As clearly provided for x-Y Seotion c0 or ttetruLlio ActNo . 166 , as amenaed r

•'Sf;C, ::u . CKrtiticarg a3_reai,stra*.ic~ or}mj__A certificate o f

registration oi a mars or traahnime snail vie arimagistra-facie evidence or tny vaaidity of sne re e

tion, the registrant's owner .;nip or tne rcarx ortradename, and or tnv registrant's exclurive rinn_to use the same in conrnear3on with t.ne qooas .business or services svEcs.r£ed in the certizic.ate .subject to . any conaittonsr and limitations statedtherein . "

As against this presumption :,f vati.dity or .iuanita. S .Alcaraz's registration and tier ownership anri her right tothe exciusive use of the mark '':•i ..A" . Petitioner chose notto introduce any contrary eviaence . Instead . it admittedopenly tnat it dia not use ana has no int .antion of usinathe mark in tne F•niiipgines . In tnis reaard . F'eritionerhas failed to overcome tne pciiaaiacie -oresumption of vali-dity of Juanita S . Alcarax*z registrations .

Lastly, but most sianiiicantlv in this case . Petitionerfailed to prove that tne marx ''FILA" was internatianal tyfamous or otherwise known in tne Philippines in 1975 whenJuanita S, Aicaraz's preaecr.ssors-in-interest started usingit nor in 1977 at the time when Respondents' -preaecesso,rsapplied for registration tnereoi .

Based on all the ioreqaino o bservations, this :;fice ismore than sufficiently convinced that the herein Petitionernever used the trademark '•FILI+ « F DEVICE' ill thePhilippines ano. .that kesoondents and their orAaecessors-in-intereat were the :irst to a~Lroprtate and use the trade-marks . in dispute in tne PLiiippines and ; tnerefore, nas itrightful and legitimate c i aim oi ownership and. right torec rister the said mark under tne Philippine Trademark Law .

WHEREFORE . premises considerea, the herein rer.itionerno not successruliv made out a c .ear case of canceiiation :hence. this Yetition for Cancettation ta9n.ifiea as Intprpartes Case No . 13•i,4 filed by 1•laalificir. .iel x ese Fratellir"ila . S .p .A. is . all it i s nr•reby, LiST9ISbEip . Accordinaly .

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E:er t~ficatp of nog •r.str~ti O rs No , . 426260 for t h q t z: e,,jem~ ; rt"FILA 4" ~.y LOGO" for us e c,-n T-shirts, we4ri nq appa:re i , etc .issued on Oc tober 3 . 3.y'73 to Re snort e n" Juanit's. S .;~irara~ ~ d noui aas i qtyerA- . to s Zov e Tla : T .Alber -~ ' 4nd Lily " Z enaida L'in~ -0-mb Albeit, $ n~,~~~ r ema in i r•~fus3. forc e and e f t.' $ofi for ~h e , cit4iat i .on of its - ti *r rn su ta, jeotto t.h e provisions q i t;ep a c Act 'No . L66,, as amendea .

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