[Trademark] IP High Court, Case No. 2025 (Gyo-ke) 10066
更新日：10月14日
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Article type: Case note
Display and classification checked: 2026-09-30
Categories: Trademarks
Topics: Similarity of trademarks / Well-known and famous marks
Published on this website: 2026-09-29
[Trademark] IP High Court, Case No. 2025 (Gyo-ke) 10066
"AFURI / 阿夫利" (Presiding Judge Hasegawa)
The plaintiff (AFURI) had brought a trademark infringement action concerning the sake "雨降 (Afuri)" sold by the defendant (Yoshikawa Jozo).
The defendant (Yoshikawa Jozo) requested a trial for invalidation of the plaintiff's "AFURI / 阿夫利" trademark in the alcoholic beverages field, asserting similarity to the cited trademark "阿夫利大山."
⇒ The Japan Patent Office accepted the defendant's argument and held the plaintiff's "AFURI / 阿夫利" trademark invalid in the alcoholic beverages field.
⇒ This judgment upheld the Japan Patent Office's decision. (Even if the plaintiff was well known in the ramen industry, it was not well known in alcoholic beverages.)
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