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*TRADEMARK
【Trademark Act ★】A case in which the Intellectual Property High Court held that the registered trademark (the trademark in question) owned by the plaintiff, which consists of “スマホ修理王” in standard characters and whose designated service is “repair or maintenance of telephone equipment” in Class 37, is a “trademark that is likely to negatively affect public policy” in light of the purpose and background of the application for registration, therefore, it falls under Article 4, paragraph 1, item 7 of the Trademark Act and the court maintained a trial decision of invalidation made by the Japanese Patent Office (the “JPO Decision”) to the same effect.
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Hideki Takaishi (Attorney at Law & Patent Attorney) (Publishing Manager)
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