اليابان

Date of Judgment: December 20, 2011

Issuing Authority: Supreme Court

Level of the Issuing Authority: Final Instance

Type of Procedure: Judicial (Administrative)

Subject Matter: Trademarks

Summary of the judgment (decision):

The phrase "provision of information concerning sales of goods," specified in Class 35 (iii) of the Appended Table of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Trademark Act (prior to the revision by Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry No. 202 of 2001), refers to the service of providing a commercial enterprise with information for helping its management or administration.