[Trademark] Tokyo High Court, 2001 (Gyo-Ke) 363 <Nagai>
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Article type: Case note
Category: Trademarks
Topics: Confusion
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
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Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-01-17 (Japan time). Full English translation.
[Trademark] Tokyo High Court, 2001 (Gyo-Ke) 363 <Nagai>
Applied-for mark: “Hoo” (phoenix)
Cited mark: “Hoo” (treasure cherry blossoms)
*At the filing date, the cited mark's owner had been declared bankrupt and its dissolution registered.
⇒ “It was a trademark lacking any substantive goodwill to be protected that should be formed through use by a legitimate owner … nor was there … any possibility of confusion.”
⇒ Article 4(1)(xi) inapplicable.
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