[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.
[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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