Manila Express Payments System (MEPS) said Friday it won a string of cases in the arbitral tribunal, courts and Intellectual Property Office in enforcing its intellectual property rights.
It said in a statement the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Inc. (PDRCI) ruled that MEPS is entitled to recover from BTI Payments Philippines Inc. (BTI) the amount of P8,400.00 corresponding to the 42 altered kiosks Touchpay machines passed on as Pay&Go.
The PDRCI found BTI guilty of unlawfully copying MEPS patented utility model, the TouchPay electronic collection system, in alleged violation of the Intellectual Property Law in tandem with Electronic Transfer & Advance Processing Inc. (ETAP).
MEPS alleged that BTI and ETAP copied its automated payment machine, leading to a series of raids by the National Bureau of Investigation-Intellectual Property Rights Division (NBI-IPRD) in July 2020 and March 2021.
The raids were carried out under search warrants from Judge Reinalda Estacio-Montesa of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 46, Manila and Judge Elma M. Rafallo-Lingan of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 159, Pasig, MEPS said in the statement.
