[Article/Trademark] Trademark-Related Judgments in the Reiwa Era (Kentaro Hattori, Patent News, February 14, 2025)
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Article type: Publication review
Category: Trademarks, Patents
Topics: Abuse of rights
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026
Originally published on Ameblo: 2025-06-06 (Japan time). Full English translation.
[Article/Trademark] Trademark-Related Judgments in the Reiwa Era (Kentaro Hattori, Patent News, February 14, 2025)
Trademark infringement litigation in the Reiwa era
• Of 92 district court cases, 31 resulted in dismissal on the merits or as inadmissible. (However, many concerned abuse of rights; few involved dissimilarity of marks.)
• Of 31 appeals, five resulted in reversals (four of those judgments found no abuse of rights).
Actions to rescind trial decisions
Of 229 cases, the trial decision was rescinded in 47.
Of these, eighteen concerned non-use cancellation and seven concerned Article 3.
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