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Update onNewly Enforced Trademark Law
Tomoya KurokawaJapan Patent Attorneys Association
International Activities Center
AIPLA Annual Meeting 2015
IP Practice in Japan Pre-Meeting Seminar
Contents
How to file non-traditional marksunder the Examination Guidelines
Statistics of non-traditional marks filed under the amended law
Examples of non-traditional marks filed under the amended law
2
How to file non-traditional marksunder the Examination Guidelines
3
Motion Mark
4
Mark
Mark type
It shows a bird flying from the lower left to the upper right along the dashed line. This movement continues for three seconds in total. The dashed line in the drawing is not an element of the trademark.
Description of mark
Motion mark
Motion Mark
5
Mark
Mark type
It shows a bird flapping its wings and flying from the lower left to the upper right as shown in figure 1 through figure 5. This movement continues for three seconds in total. The numbers displayed in the lower right corners of each figure indicate the sequence of the figures and are not elements of trademark.
Description of mark
Motion mark
Hologram Mark
6
Mark
Mark type
When viewed from the left, it looks as shown in figure 1, when viewed from the front, it looks as shown in figure 2, and when viewed from the right, it looks as shown in figure 3. The numbers displayed in the lower right corners of each figure indicate the sequence of the figures and are not elements of the trademark.
Description of mark
Hologram mark
Color Mark
7
Mark
Mark type
It consists solely of red (RGB combination is R255, G0, B0).
Description of mark
Color mark
Color Mark
8
Mark
Mark type
It consists combination of red (RGB combination: R255, G0, B0), blue (RGB combination: R0, G0, B255), yellow (RGB combination: R255, G255, B0) and green (RGB combination: R0, G128, B0). The combination ratios of the colors are, from the top to the bottom, 50% red, 25% blue, 15% yellow and 10% green.
Description of mark
Color mark
Color Mark
9
Mark
Mark type
The portion of the grip of knife is red (RGB combination: R255, G0, B0). Broken line is intended only to show an example of the shape of the product, and not elements of the mark.
Description of mark
Color mark
Class, goods and services
Class 8, knife
Color Mark
10
Mark
Mark type
Belt portion of the golf bag is red (RGB combination: R255, G0, B0). Broken line is intended only to show an example of the shape of the product, not elements of the mark.
Description of mark
Color mark
Class, goods and services
Class 28, golf club bag
Sound Mark
11
Mark
Mark type
Sound data
Sound mark
Sound data in MP3 format recorded on compact disk
Sound Mark
12
Mark
Mark type
Sound data
Sound mark
Sound data in MP3 format recorded on compact disk
Sound Mark
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Mark
Mark type
Sound data
Sound mark
Sound data in MP3 format recorded on compact disk
After the sound of hands clapping twice, the meowing of a cat is heard. Total length of these sounds is 3 seconds.
Position Mark
14
Mark
Mark type
The mark is put on the central portion of the grip of knife. Broken line is intended only to show an example of the shape of the product, not elements of the mark.
Description of mark
Position mark
Class, goods and services
Class 8, knife
Position Mark
15
Mark
Mark type
The mark is put on the lower side portion of golf bag. Broken line is intended only to show an example of the shape of the product, not elements of the mark.
Description of mark
Position mark
Class, goods and services
Class 28, golf club bag
Statistics of non-traditional marksfiled under the amended law
16
Number of filings of non-traditional marks
17
As of October 4, 2015, NO sound, color, position, motion or hologram marks have been registered.
Examples of non-traditional marksfiled under the amended law
18
Motion marks
19
Appl. 2015-41980
Unicharm
Class 5 Disposable diaper for adults, etc.
Actual useActual use
(0:28)
Appl. 2015-30559
Sanyo
Class 28 Game machines, etc.
Actual useActual use
(2:40, 3:53)
Hologram marks
20
Appl. 2015-30204
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Class 36 Banking, etc.
Appl. 2015-30198
Sumitomo Mitsui Card
Class 36 Issuance of gift card, etc.
Actual Use:
Quoted from their Website
Color marks
21
Appl. 2015-34148
Hato Bus
Class 39 Bus transport, etc.
Actual Use:
Quoted from their Website
Appl. 2015-29914
Tombow Pencil
Class 16 Stationery
Actual Use:
Quoted from their Website
Color marks
22
Appl. 2015-29921
Christian Louboutin
Class 25 Heels for women
Actual Use:
Quoted from their Website
Actual Use:
Quoted from their Website
Appl. 2015-30704
Toyo Suisan
Class 30 Instant soba noodles
Sound marks
23
Appl. 2015-29877
Nokia
Class 9 Telephones, etc.
Sound dataSound data
Appl. 2015-29981
Intel
Class 9 Micro processors, etc.
Sound dataSound data
Appl. 2015-30480
Yahoo!
Class 42 Providing search engines for the internet, etc.
Sound dataSound data
Sound marks
24 (0:25)
Appl. 2015-30320
Dainihon Jochugiku
Class 5 Mosquito-repellent incenses, etc.
Sound Sound data
Actual useActual use
The sound of fireworks (“Pang, para, para, para”) is heard. Total length of these sounds is 3 seconds.
Appl. 2015-30453
Toyota Motor
Class 12 Non-electric prime movers for land vehicles, etc.
Position marks
25
Appl. 2015-30285
Nikon
Class 9 Cameras, Digital cameras
Actual Use:
Quoted from their Website
Actual Use:
Quoted from their Website
Thank you for your kind attention!
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