Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Protecting Well-Known Trademarks and Measures To Prevent Bad Faith Registrations
Protecting Well-Known Trademarks and Measures To Prevent Bad Faith Registrations
(e) the extent to which the mark has been registered in the
world;
(g) the extent to which the mark has been used in the world;
The Director General held that only the owner of the mark
has the right to register the mark and that the user of the
mark in the Philippines is not ipso facto the owner thereof.
The ownership belongs to Cointreau considering the
undisputed use of the mark since 1895 in Paris, France in
which Ecole's directress trained in 1977. Moreover, Ecole
failed to show how it was able to come up with such name
and mark. It was therefore concluded that Ecole has unjustly
appropriated the subject mark, thus it is removed from the
mantle of protection of the law.
Bad Faith Registration
BI RKEN STO CK
Bad Faith Registration
LO RD O F THE WI N GS
( For chicken under Class 2 9 )
GAM E O F TURO N S
( For banana fritters under Class 2 9 )
Proposed Amendments to I P Code