Coffee Partners v. San Francisco Coffee
Coffee Partners v. San Francisco Coffee
169504
Facts
respondent formed a joint venture company with Boyd Coffee USA under
the company name Boyd Coffee Company
Remedial
Since respondent registered its business name with the DTI in 1995 and
petitioner registered its trademark with the IPO in 2001 in the Philippines
and in 1997 in other countries, then respondent must be protected from
infringement of its trade name
BLA-IPO also held that
The BLA-IPO ruled that for abandonment to exist, the disuse must be
permanent, intentional, and voluntary.
found that respondent had stopped using its trade name after it entered
into a joint venture with Boyd Coffee USA in 1998 while petitioner
continuously used the trademark
Court of Appeals set aside the 22 October 2003 decision of the ODG-IPO
in so far as it ruled that there was no infringement
Issues
P Argument
Petitioner alleged it filed with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
applications for registration of the mark "SAN FRANCISCO COFFEE &
DEVICE"
Ruling
Ruled in favor of R
Applying either the dominancy test or the holistic test, petitioner’s "SAN
FRANCISCO COFFEE" trademark is a clear infringement of respondent’s
"SAN FRANCISCO COFFEE & ROASTERY, INC." trade name. The
descriptive words "SAN FRANCISCO COFFEE" are precisely the dominant
features of respondent’s trade name
Respondent has acquired an exclusive right to the use of the trade name
"SAN FRANCISCO COFFEE & ROASTERY, INC." since the registration of
the business name with the DTI in 1995.
Doctrine
we DENY the petition for review. We AFFIRM the 15 June 2005 Decision
and 1 September 2005 Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP
No. 80396.