In Indonesia, a trademark very similar to ASICS’ TIGER logo was first taken over by a local company, and the company unsuccessfully sought to have the trademark registration cancelled.
Last Week Tonight(HBO,番組)の司会者John Oliver氏は、大統領候補のトランプ氏の先祖がその苗字をDrumpfからTrumpへ変えたことを知り、make america great againのキャンペーンをもじって、”make donald drumpf again”の”キャンペーン”がジョークとして始められています。このような状況で、米国特許商標庁(USPTO)は、デラウエア州のdrumpf社(多分トランプ氏の会社かと推測します)からの出願を拒絶しておりまして、その理由は、生きてる人の苗字についての出願であり、その人との同意の提出がないというものでした。まだ反論は出されていない模様とのことです。
The US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a trademark application for ‘Drumpf’ which allegedly references US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s ancestral name.
Under the European Union Trademark Regulations (Article 7(1)(e)(i)), trademarks consisting solely of a shape or other characteristic resulting from the nature of the goods cannot be registered and such goods. Rejection of a mark consisting of a technical result, shape, or other characteristic of the goods necessary to obtain a substantial value for the mark shall not be overridden by the conspicuity caused by use.
On 2016, May 17, the Japan Patent Office called on victims of malicious trademark applications filed by trademark brokers not to give up on trademark registration.