اليابان

Date of Judgment: January 23, 1986

Issuing Authority: Supreme Court

Level of the Issuing Authority: Final Instance

Type of Procedure: Judicial(Administrative)

Subject Matter: Trademarks

Summary of the judgment (decision):

In order to consider that a trademark pertaining to an application for trademark registration falls under a "trademark consisting solely of a mark indicating, in a common manner, in the case of goods, the place of origin or place of sale" as stipulated in Article 3, paragraph (1), item ( iii ) of the Trademark Act , the designated goods do not necessarily have to be actually produced or sold in the land or place indicated by the trademark, and it is sufficient if consumers or traders recognize that the designated goods are likely produced or sold in the land or place indicated by the trademark.