Trademark Appeal

Trademark registration for Tasaki’s Akoya pearls ring

2019年4月21日Acquired distinctiveness, Akoya pearls, Article 3(1)(iii), Article 3(2), TASAKIAcquired distinctiveness, Article 3(1)(iii), Article 3(2), Device mark, Inherent distinctiveness, Three dimensional mark, Trademark AppealMasaki MIKAMI

In March 17, 2017, Japanese jewelry house TASAKI & Co., Ltd., the Japanese leading producer of Akoya pearls, filed an application for trademark registration at the Japan Patent Office (JPO) for the following three-dimensional mark for rings...

JPO decision: TESLA is dissimilarly pronounced to Tesla

2019年4月6日Article 4(1)(xi), Japan Trademark Law, TESLA, trademark appealArticle 4(1)(xi), Refusal appeal, Similarity of goods, Similarity of mark, Trademark AppealMasaki MIKAMI

In a recent appeal decision over trademark dispute, the Appeal Board of Japan Patent Office (JPO) overturned the Examiner’s refusal and held the stylized TESLA mark is dissimilarly pronounced to a senior trademark registration for the...

HISAMITSU unsuccessful in registering a shape of “Salonpas”

2019年3月31日Article 3(1)(iii), Hisamitsu, Japan Trademark Law, Salonpas, trademark appealArticle 3(1)(iii), Device mark, Inherent distinctiveness, Trademark AppealMasaki MIKAMI

The Appeal Board of Japan Patent Office (JPO) disallowed registration of a shape of famous Japanese pain relief patches in the name of “Salonpas” manufactured by Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. due to lack of inherent distinctiveness in...

JPO denied registering GRAND CANYON as trademark

2019年3月23日Article 3(1)(iii), GRAND CANYON, trademark examination guideline, trademark examination manualArticle 3(1)(iii), Geographical indication, Trademark Appeal, Trademark Examination GuidelineMasaki MIKAMI

In a recent appeal decision, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) upheld examiner’s refusal and decided to reject trademark “GRAND CANYON” in connection with clothing and shoes of class 25 due to lack of distinctiveness. [Appeal case no....

Is GRAND HOME dissimilar or similar to GRAN HOME?

2018年12月29日Article 4(1)(xi), GRAN HOME, GRAND HOMEArticle 4(1)(xi), Refusal appeal, Similarity of mark, Trademark AppealMasaki MIKAMI

In a recent appeal trial over trademark dispute, the Appeal Board of Japan Patent Office (JPO) overturned the Examiner’s determination and held that a word mark “GRAND HOME” is dissimilar to, and unlikely to cause confusion with a senior...

AI SCAN ROBO

2018年12月16日AI, AI SCAN ROBO, Article 3(1)(vi), inherent distinctivenessArticle 3(1)(vi), Inherent distinctiveness, Trademark AppealMasaki MIKAMI

In a recent administrative decision, the Appeal Board of Japan Patent Office (JPO) allowed registration for a word mark of “AI SCAN ROBO”, finding that the mark could function as a source indicator.
[Appeal case no. 2018-5433, Gazette issue...

IP High Court denied registering 3D Shape of Nursing Care Bed

2018年12月3日3D mark, Article 3(1)(iii), Article 3(2), IP High Court, Nursing care bed, Paramount BedAcquired distinctiveness, Article 3(1)(iii), Article 3(2), IP High Court, Three dimensional mark, Trademark AppealMasaki MIKAMI

The Japan IP High Court, in its ruling on November 29, 2018, did not side with Paramount Bed Co., Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer and distributor of medical and nursing care product, who filed an appeal against refusal decision by JPO to TM...

JPO decision over POWER TECH trademark

2018年11月24日Article 4(1)(xi), Composite mark, POWERTECHArticle 4(1)(xi), Composite mark, Device mark, Similarity of mark, Trademark AppealMasaki MIKAMI

In an administrative appeal disputing trademark similarity between TM registration no. 4015750 for word mark “POWERTECH” and a junior application no. 2016-137853 for the “AC POWERTECH” device mark represented as below, the Appeal Board of...

“Teddy Bear” versus “Rose Teddy Bear”

2018年11月17日Article 4(1)(xi), ROSE TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEARArticle 4(1)(xi), Composite mark, Likelihood of confusion, Refusal appeal, Similarity of mark, Trademark AppealMasaki MIKAMI

The Appeal Board of Japan Patent Office (JPO) ruled that senior trademark registrations for the mark “Teddy Bear” in standard character over goods of trees, flowers, dried flowers, plants, seedlings, saplings in class 21 is unlikely to cause...

Trademark dispute for XXXX

2018年11月10日Article 4(1)(xi), Dissimilarity of mark, XXXXArticle 4(1)(xi), Likelihood of confusion, Refusal appeal, Similarity of mark, Trademark AppealMasaki MIKAMI

In a recent trademark appeal trial to seek dismissal of examiner’s refusal, the Appeal Board of Japan Patent Office (JPO) set aside the refusal and allowed registration of TM Application no. 2017-21396 for the XXXX mark because of dissimilarity...

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