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1 February 2012Jurisdiction reportsRyo Maruyama

When are 'similar' trademarks not similar after all?

On January 31, 2012, the IP High Court of Japan delivered a groundbreaking appellate decision concerning the registrability of a trademark in a lawsuit seeking to reverse a decision of an appeal trial board of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) rejecting a trademark application.

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