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Question XV

2015 Bar · Mercantile Law · 1 sub-question

CHEN, Inc., a Taiwanese company, is a manufacturer of tires with the mark Light Year. From 2009 to 2014, Clark Enterprises, a Philippine registered corporation, imported tires from CHEN, Inc. under several sales contracts and sold them here in the Philippines. In 2015, CHEN, Inc. filed a trademark application with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) for the mark Light Year to be used for tires. The IPO issued CHEN, Inc. a certificate of registration (COR) for said mark. Clark Enterprises sought the cancellation of the COR and claimed it had a better right to register the mark Light Year. CHEN, Inc. asserted that it was the owner of the mark and Clark Enterprises was a mere distributor. Clark Enterprises argued that there was no evidence on record that the tires it imported from CHEN, Inc. bore the mark Light Year and Clark Enterprises was able to prove that it was the first to use the mark here in the Philippines. Decide the case. (4%)

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