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SECOND DIVISION
WILSON ONG CHING KIAN CHUNG and THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY, Petitioners, v. CHINA NATIONAL CEREALS OIL AND FOODSTUFFS IMPORT AND EXPORT CORP., CEROILFOOD SHANDONG CEREAL AND OILS and BENJAMIN IRAO, JR., Respondents.
D E C I S I O N
BUENA, J.:
This is an appeal by way of a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure of the Decision1 in Civil Case No. 94-68836 dated November 20, 1997 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, Manila, which rendered a judgment on the pleadings against herein petitioners, the dispositive portion of which reads:
"WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of plaintiffs, and against defendant:
"1. Decreeing the cancellation or annulment of the Copyrighted Registration No. 0-93-491 of defendant WILSON ONG;
"2. Directing defendant Director of the National Library to effect the cancellation or annulment of the Copyrighted Registration No. 0-93-491 of defendant WILSON ONG; and
"Damages cannot be awarded to Plaintiffs as no evidence was presented to substantiate their claims.
"With costs against defendant WILSON ONG.
"SO ORDERED."2cräläwvirtualibräry
The antecedent facts are undisputed.
On September 16, 1993, petitioner Wilson Ong
Ching Kian Chuan, doing business under the firm name of C.K.C. Trading, filed a
Complaint for Infringement of