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[Trademarks] Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10101, “SCANTECH” (Presiding Judge 増田)
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [Trademarks] Reiwa 6 (Gyo-Ke) 10101, “SCANTECH” (Presiding Judge 増田) Invalidation not established (Trademark Act Article 4(1)(x), (xv)) Well-known status of the cited “SCANTEC” mark: Not established (1) Domestic market share The plaintiff’s data concerned its products collectively, not the products bearing the cited mark alone. Lower-priced “WEBSENSOR” and other products did not bear the cited mark and did not establish its well-known statu
[Article / Unfair competition] Relationship between “confusion” and “business interests” under Unfair Competition Prevention Act Article 2(1)(i) (横山久芳, Patent, October 2023)
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [Article / Unfair competition] Relationship between “confusion” and “business interests” under Unfair Competition Prevention Act Article 2(1)(i) (横山久芳, Patent, October 2023) 1. Interpreting “confusion in the broad sense” Item (i) includes both narrow confusion (mistaken belief in identical source) and broad confusion (mistaken belief in a relationship between sources). Since item (ii) was created, regulation of dilution/free riding without
