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日本ハム株式会社（本社：大阪市北区、代表取締役社長：井川 伸久）が位置商標として出願していた、あらびきウインナー「シャウエッセン®」の象徴的なストライプ柄（上下に付された薄い茶色と濃い茶色のストライプ柄の図形）が、4月2日(水)に商標登録されました（登録番号：第6914670号）
情報源: 発売から40年親しまれてきた シャウエッセン® のストライプ柄が位置商標として登録
続きを読む“商標登録insideNews: 発売から40年親しまれてきた シャウエッセン® のストライプ柄が位置商標として登録 | 日本ハム(株)”
2025年5月12日：令和7年度第1回公募の受付を開始しました。INPIT外国出願補助金は、中小企業、スタートアップ、大学等に対し、外国における発明（特許）、考案（実用新案）、意匠又は商標の権利化に要する経費の一部を補助することで、外国における権利取得を促進させ、国際的な知的財産戦略の構築を支援することを目的としています。
情報源: ［INPIT］INPIT外国出願補助金 | 独立行政法人 工業所有権情報・研修館
続きを読む“商標登録insideNews: INPIT外国出願補助金 令和7年度第1回公募の受付を開始しました。 | 独) 工業所有権情報・研修館”
The first season of TGL, an indoor golf simulator league started by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, was a raging success. During the first three months of the golf season, while the players were starting to gear up heading into The Masters in April, the hype around professional golf was at an all-time high. It has TGL to thank for that after many of the top stars on the PGA Tour were competing in prime time. Now, Woods is looking to build off of that heading into year two. Rumors have long suggested that an expansion team could be headed to TGL in 2026, and now some light has been shed on who that might be…
Tiger Woods’ TGL Files Trademark for New Team, but Not the City Expected
US authorities say Tesla’s proposed naming strategy for its autonomous EVs is too generic. The US Patent and Trademark Office has refused Tesla’s attempt to trademark the name Robotaxi for the self-driving vehicle behind its promised autonomous ride-hailing service. The EV maker owned by Elon Musk has already aborted an attempt to trademark the name Cybercab for the vehicle it revealed last October, on the basis that other companies are also pursuing similar ‘cyber’ based trademarks.
情報源: Tesla denied Robotaxi trademark for its self-driving ‘robot taxi’ | Auto Express
For most people, a mention of The Bahamas brings to mind sun, sand and tropical beverages. However, if you are an IP attorney, thoughts of sun, sand and cocktails may now be replaced by the Bahamian Intellectual Property Office’s (BIPO) recently enacted changes to their Trademark Act. BIPO’s changes to its IP laws were announced February 25, 2025, but were effective retroactively as of February 1st. The good news is that these changes bring Bahamian trademark law closer to those of international standards.
情報源: Trademark Law is Now Better in The Bahamas
続きを読む“商標登録insideNews: Trademark Law is Now Better in The Bahamas | natlawreview.com”
The U.S. fast food giant McDonald’s has submitted an application to the government agency Rospatent to register its trademark in Russia, the Russian state news outlet RIA Novosti reported on April 26. McDonald’s closed its restaurants and left the Russian market entirely in 2022, following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Russian media, McDonald’s submitted the application in December 2024, and Rospatent has now accepted it for consideration.
情報源: McDonald’s applies to register trademark in Russia
続きを読む“商標登録insideNews: McDonald’s applies to register trademark in Russia | kyivindependent.com”
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed a legal claim against the NFL’s New Orleans Saints from a man who says he is the “direct descendant of the Kings of France” over the trademark of the fleur-de-lis symbol on Monday…The Saints were granted a trademark by the US Patent and Trademark Office in 1974 to use a stylized fleur-de-lis symbol having become a professional NFL team in 1967.
パブリックコメント 410070016 の「「酒類の地理的表示として青森（清酒）を指定する件（案）」に対する意見募集について」に関する意見募集の実施についての詳細です。受付締切日時 2025年5月15日、早ければ6月にも国税庁長官の指定となる予定です。
「酒類の地理的表示として青森（清酒）を指定する件（案）」に対する意見募集について
続きを読む“商標登録insideNews: 酒類の地理的表示として青森（清酒）を指定する件（案）」に対する意見募集について| 国税庁”
Trademark squatting cases involving Korean companies have surged in recent years. The number of suspicious overseas trademark filings monitored last year reached a record-high 9,249 cases, up 84 percent from the previous year. Korean shaved ice dessert chain Sulbing suffered a major setback in its attempt to expand into China after becoming entangled in a lengthy trademark battle. The company ultimately won a legal dispute over brand rights but failed to gain meaningful traction in the copycat-cornered Chinese market.
情報源: Sulbing case highlights worsening trademark squatting involving Korean companies
中国の商標占拠者に法的には勝つことができたが、失われた時間と費用を取り戻すものではなかったそうです。
続きを読む“商標登録insideNews: Sulbing case highlights worsening trademark squatting involving Korean companies | koreajoongangdaily”
Manga publisher VIZ Media wins its lawsuit against over 100 entities found to have willfully committed trademark and copyright infringement of its RWBY IP. …District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins ordered on February 25, 2025, that the 131 remaining defendants in the lawsuit will pay $100,000 in damages for willful trademark infringement and another $100,000 in willful copyright infringement.
