Date of
Judgment: November 12, 1982
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 part , which consists of a
company's trade name minus the characters of " 株式会社", constitutes an "abbreviation of another person's name"
as stipulated in Article 4, paragraph (1), item (viii ) of the Trademark Act ,
and a trademark containing such abbreviation cannot be granted trademark
registration only when the abbreviation is "well known" as an
indication of the company concerned.