Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Alhambra Cigar & Cigarette Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 249 U.S. 72
• 39 S. Ct. 224
• 63 L. Ed. 484
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 2227

Syllabus

<p>An appeal from the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands perfected before the Act of September 6, 1916, is governed by § 248 of the Judicial Code, which gives this court jurisdiction in all cases in which any treaty of the United States is involved. P. 76.</p> <p>A decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines that the name “Isabela” is a geographical and descriptive term not subject to registration as á trade-name under the law before or since the cession of the Islands, and that its use as a designation of cigars and cigarettes was not unfair competition, and that the suit was not for infringement of a trade-name, “La Flor de la Isabela,” registered under the Spanish regime, held not to involve the provisions of the Treaty of Paris of 1898, Arts. VIII and XIII, providing that the cession shall not impair property rights previously acquired, and that rights of property secured by copyrights and patents acquired by Spaniards in the Islands shall be continued and respected. P. 75. Ubeda v. Zialeita, 226 U. S. 452, distinguished.</p>