[Unfair Competition Prevention Act Article 2(1)(i)] 2023 (Wa) 70654 <Nakashima>
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Article type: Case note
Category: Unfair competition law
Topics: Indications of goods or business
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026
Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-11-27 (Japan time). Full English translation.
[Unfair Competition Prevention Act Article 2(1)(i)] 2023 (Wa) 70654 <Nakashima>
*A book title was held not to constitute an “indication of goods or business.”
“Unless special circumstances exist, a book title … does not constitute an ‘indication of goods or business’…. The title ‘Makino's Illustrated Flora of Japan’ directly indicates the book's content: an illustrated guide to Japanese plants written by Makino.”
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