No. 3: Current status and Problems of the Trademark system-Non-use cancellation trials and matters relating to use of trademarks-

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  • 第３回：商標制度の現状と課題について―不使用登録商標対策と商標の使用を巡る諸問題―
  • 企業活動と知的財産制度--知的財産制度の現状と活用状況 第3回:商標制度の現状と課題について--不使用登録商標対策と商標の使用を巡る諸問題
  • キギョウ カツドウ ト チテキ ザイサン セイド チテキ ザイサン セイド ノ ゲンジョウ ト カツヨウ ジョウキョウ ダイ3カイ ショウヒョウ セイド ノ ゲンジョウ ト カダイ ニ ツイテ フシヨウ トウロク ショウヒョウ タイサク ト ショウヒョウ ノ シヨウ オ メグル ショ モンダイ
  • No. 3: Current status and Problems of the Trademark system
  • —Non-use cancellation trials and matters relating to use of trademarks—
  • ―不使用登録商標対策と商標の使用を巡る諸問題―

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The article addresses various problems in the current Japanese Trademark Law including the accumulation of registered trademarks that are not actually in use and registered trademark usage. The Japanese trademarks registration system has brought increase in the number of trademarks that are registered but not used. The author presents problems created by the accumulation of registered but not used trademarks and steps to be taken against those trademarks. The author also introduces the recent court decisions on trademark similarity and various trademark usage situations. Actually many issues are solved by showing trademark’s function as an attribute to indicate the origin of goods/services. The author recommends that we should be guided by these decisions in the future.

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