[Trademark] 2019 (Gyo-Ke) 10101 <Otaka> “Minamisanriku Kirakira Don” Case

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First published on this website: 2026-11-01

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Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-09-13 (Japan time). Full English translation.

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[Trademark] 2019 (Gyo-Ke) 10101 <Otaka> “Minamisanriku Kirakira Don” Case

For a trademark right registered in the name of the representative of an unincorporated association, the court held that “it is appropriate to treat the defendant and the Minamisanriku Restaurant Association as the same person,” and denied that they were “another person” under Trademark Act Article 4(1)(x), (xv), and (xix).

⇒ Trademark right upheld

https://www.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_jp/123/089123_hanrei.pdf

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