Articles on Trademark

【Trademark Act ★★】 A case in which the court revoked a decision of the Japan Patent Office which refused an application for registration of the mark “EQ” on the grounds that the mark “EQ” corresponds to a “trademark which consists solely of a very simple and common mark” set forth in Article 3, Paragraph 1, Item 5 of the Trademark Act, and it does not correspond to a “trademark which, as a result of the use of the trademark, consumers are able to recognize the goods or services as those pertaining to a business of a particular person” set forth in Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the same Act.

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Amendment of practice about a preliminary notice of rejection based on the Principal Paragraph of Article 3 (1)

Amendment of Trademark Act Registration of Non-traditional Trademarks

Tokyo District Court issued a first judicial ruling for the book scanning service

Copyright Law amended to make illegal downloads incur criminal penalty