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    This case involves a dispute between Lyceum of the Philippines Inc. and other schools using the word "Lyceum" in their names. The Supreme Court ruled that Lyceum of the Philippines did not have an exclusive right to use "Lyceum" because: 1) There were numerous other schools that also used "Lyceum" in their names, suggesting the word was not exclusively associated with Lyceum of the Philippines; 2) At least one other school, Western Pangasinan Lyceum, had been using the term "Lyceum" for 17 years before Lyceum of the Philippines was established. Therefore, Lyceum of the Philippines could not prevent other schools from also using "

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    This case involves a dispute between Lyceum of the Philippines Inc. and other schools using the word "Lyceum" in their names. The Supreme Court ruled that Lyceum of the Philippines did not have an exclusive right to use "Lyceum" because: 1) There were numerous other schools that also used "Lyceum" in their names, suggesting the word was not exclusively associated with Lyceum of the Philippines; 2) At least one other school, Western Pangasinan Lyceum, had been using the term "Lyceum" for 17 years before Lyceum of the Philippines was established. Therefore, Lyceum of the Philippines could not prevent other schools from also using "

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    Lyceum of the Philippines vs.

    Court of Appeals
    GR 101897, 5 March 1993

    Facts:
    Lyceum of the Philippines Inc. had sometime before commenced in the SEC a proceeding (SEC-
    Case No. 1241) against the Lyceum of Baguio, Inc. to require it to change its corporate name
    and to adopt another name not "similar [to] or identical" with that of petitioner. In an Order
    dated 20 April 1977, Associate Commissioner Julio Sulit held that the corporate name of
    petitioner and that of the Lyceum of Baguio, Inc.were substantially identical because of the
    presence of a "dominant" word, i.e., "Lyceum," the name of the geographical location of the
    campus being the only word which distinguished one from the other corporate name. The SEC
    also noted that Lyceum of the Philippines Inc. had registered as a corporation ahead of the
    Lyceum of Baguio, Inc. in point of time, and ordered the latter to change its name to another
    name "not similar or identical [with]" the names of previously registered entities. The Lyceum
    of Baguio, Inc. assailed the Order of the SEC before the Supreme Court (GR L-46595). In a
    Minute Resolution dated 14 September 1977, the Court denied the Petition for Review for lack
    of merit. Entry of judgment in that case was made on21 October 1977

    Issue:
    Whether the use by the Lyceum of the Philippines of "Lyceum" in its corporate name has been
    for such length of time and with such exclusivity as to have become associated or identified
    with the petitioner institution in the mind of the general public (or at least that portion of the
    general public which has to do with schools).

    Held :
    The number alone of the private respondents in the present case suggests strongly that the
    Lyceum of the Philippines' use of the word "Lyceum" has not been attended with the exclusivity
    essential for applicability of the doctrine of secondary meaning. It may be noted also that at
    least one of the private respondents, i.e., the Western Pangasinan Lyceum, Inc., used the term
    "Lyceum" 17 years before Lyceum of the Philippines registered its own corporate name with
    the SEC and began using the word "Lyceum." It follows that if any institution had acquired an
    exclusive right to the word "Lyceum," that institution would have been the Western Pangasinan
    Lyceum, Inc. rather than Lyceum of the Philippines. Hence, Lyceum of the Philippines is not
    entitled to a legally enforceable exclusive right to use the word "Lyceum" in its corporate name
    and that other institutions may use "Lyceum" as part of their corporate names.

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