JAPAN TRADEMARK REVIEW – ページ 36 – Latest news & updates for trademarks in Japan

examination, Trademark Examination Guideline 05/11/2019

Trademark trolls target New Japan era name “REIWA”

Over 1,200 applications filed for R…

Article 4(1)(vii), Article 4(1)(xvi), composite, Composite mark, Geographical indication, Opposition, Trademark Examination Guideline, Violation of public order 05/03/2019

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION BOURBON LOSES TRADEMARK OPPOSITION

In a recent decision, the Japan Pat…

Article 4(1)(vii), Article 4(1)(xv), Device mark, Famous mark, Figurative mark, Invalidation, IP High Court, Likelihood of confusion, Opposition, Similarity of mark, Violation of public order 04/28/2019

PUMA Triumphs in Trademark Battle over Iconic Jumping Cat Logo

After eight years of prolonged disp…

Division of trademark application, examination, New Trademark Law 04/14/2019

WTR report: The first individual in history to have filed over 100,000 trademark applications

A notorious and incredibly prolific…

Article 4(1)(xi), examination, similarity of goods, Similarity of mark 04/06/2019

JPO decision: TESLA is dissimilarly pronounced to Tesla

In a recent appeal decision over tr…

Article 3(1)(3), Device mark, examination, Figurative mark 03/31/2019

HISAMITSU unsuccessful in registering a shape of “Salonpas”

The Appeal Board of Japan Patent Of…

Article 3(1)(3), examination, Geographical indication, Trademark Examination Guideline 03/23/2019

JPO denied registering GRAND CANYON as trademark

In a recent appeal decision, the Ja…

Article 4(1)(xi), Article 4(1)(xix), Article 4(1)(xv), Composite mark, Famous mark, Likelihood of confusion, Opposition 03/16/2019

Who associates “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-pen” with Apple Inc.?

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) dismi…

Article 4(1)(xi), composite, Composite mark, Invalidation, Similarity of mark 03/10/2019

IP High Court ruling: “BULK AAA” is confusingly similar to “BULK HOMME”

On March 7, 2019, the Japan IP High…

Article 4(1)(xv), Famous mark, Likelihood of confusion, Opposition, similarity of goods, Similarity of mark 03/03/2019

Trademark Opposition: “DISCOVERY” vs. “DISCOVERER”

In a recent administrative decision…