October 19, 2017
SEC EN BANC CASE NO. 12-12-274
ASIA PACIFIC EYE CARE CENTER, INC., appellant, vs. ASIA PACIFIC EYE CARE SPECIALISTS, INC., appellee.
DECISION
Pending before the Commission En Banc is the Memorandum on Appeal 1 filed on 12 December 2012 by Asia Pacific Eye Care Center, Inc. (Appellant) against Asia Pacific Eye Care Specialists, Inc. (Appellee) assailing the Order (Assailed Order) dated 21 November 2012 of the Office of the General Counsel (OGC). The pertinent portion of the disposition of the Assailed Order reads as follows:
"WHEREFORE, premises considered, the instant petition is hereby GRANTED. Respondent-corporation ASIA PACIFIC EYE CARE CENTER, INC. [Appellant] is hereby DIRECTED TO CHANGE its corporate name to another not deceptively similar or identical to the same already used by Petitioner-corporation ASIA PACIFIC EYE CARE SPECIALISTS, INC. [Appellee] within thirty (30) days from receipt of this Order. Failure to comply may constitute indirect contempt which will be punished accordingly, and may be a ground for the revocation of respondent's corporate charter."
Appellant is a corporation duly registered on 03 October 2008 with the Commission...