Date of
Judgment:
February 22, 2002
Issuing
Authority:
Supreme Court
Level of
the Issuing Authority: Final Instance
Type of
Procedure:
Judicial(Administrative)
Subject
Matter: Trademarks
Summary
of the judgment (decision):
A joint
holder of a trademark right is entitled on his own to initiate an action to
have a decision of the Patent Office revoked, if the decision has annulled a
given registered trademark.
(Translated by Sir Ernest Satow Chair of Japanese Law, University
College, University of London)