[Trademark] Kobe District Court, 1995 (Wa) 661, “Chafukumame”

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First published on this website: 2026-11-01

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Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-04-08 (Japan time). Full English translation.

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[Trademark] Kobe District Court, 1995 (Wa) 661, “Chafukumame”

• A coined term

• General consumers encounter the name “Chafukumame” mostly through the plaintiff's and defendant's products.

• With two exceptions, the term “Chafukumame” appears in trade publications as the name of a particular product.

• As many as eight businesses used different names.

⇒ It has not become generic!!

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