In an administrative decision, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) held the “Mercedes-Benz Star Parts” with a car device mark is dissimilar to the “Star-Parts” word mark.[Appeal case no. 2020-650009, Gazette issued...
iPad vs MI PAD
JPO sided with Apple Inc. in a dispute with a China-based consumer electronics company, Xiaomi that registers and uses the “MI PAD” trademark on tablet computers by finding that “MI PAD” is likely to cause...
Katakana to prevent mispronunciation of brands
The unique writing system of the Japanese language consists of three different character sets: Kanji (several thousands of Chinese characters),...