[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Misleading Indications of Quality] Osaka District Court, 2014 (Wa) 12570 <Morisaki>

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[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Misleading Indications of Quality] Osaka District Court, 2014 (Wa) 12570 <Morisaki>

“Designated toner” is understood as … being used in the plaintiff's printers …. …In actual practice, genuine and nongenuine products are treated as differing … in quality.

⇒ The expression is understood to indicate … a certain appropriate quality and content.

⇒ It is an indication of “quality and content.”

https://www.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_jp/620/086620_hanrei.pdf

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The source writes “designated toner” phonetically; translated by its contextual meaning.

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