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Japan IP court rules overseas use of trademarked sushi restaurant on website not infringement

By Toko Sekiguchi ( November 13, 2024, 10:15 GMT | Insight) -- The IP High Court of Japan ruled that a Japan-based company's use of a trademark-registered Japanese sushi chain name on its website for its food-export business and Malaysian sushi chain does not infringe Japan's trademark law or unfair competition prevention law, because the website was not deemed an advertisement for the Malaysian restaurants, and the overseas operation falls outside the territorial scope of Japan's trademark protection.The IP High Court of Japan ruled that a Japan-based company's use of a trademark-registered Japanese sushi chain name on its website for its food-export business and Malaysian sushi chain does not infringe Japan's trademark law or unfair competition prevention law, because the website was not deemed an advertisement for the Malaysian restaurants, and the overseas operation falls outside the territorial scope of Japan's trademark protection....

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