[Trademark] Appeal No. 2024-10532
更新日：10月14日
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Article type: Administrative decision note
Display and classification checked: 2026-09-30
Categories: Trademarks
Topics: Similarity of trademarks
Published on this website: 2026-09-29
[Trademark] Appeal No. 2024-10532
Trademark at issue: "HIKKY" (standard characters)
Cited trademarks: "HIKKI," etc.
⇒ Not similar
The pronunciation is the same: ヒッキー.
They cannot be compared in concept, and there is no likelihood of confusion in appearance.
(Translation of the quoted decision)
"It cannot be said that distinctiveness based on pronunciation exceeds distinctiveness based on appearance and concept."
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2026-10-01 | Name notation: replaced verified Japanese-script personal names with Roman-letter forms in this English article and its navigation. Legal analysis and original publication date unchanged.
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