JPO sided with Apple Inc. over trademark battle between Mac and MacEdge

, , , , , Abbreviation, Article 4(1)(xv), Composite mark, Famous mark, Likelihood of confusion, Trademark OppositionMasaki MIKAMI

Apple Inc. has won a trademark opposition it lodged against GIGAZONE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., a Taiwanese company, over Japanese trademark registration no. 5877027 for word mark "MacEdge".
[Opposition case no. 2016-900375, Gazette issued date:...