Japanese court ties private-label sake trademark damages to restaurant sales
By Toko Sekiguchi ( June 16, 2026, 08:38 GMT | Insight) -- A major Japanese sushi restaurant-chain operator and its sake supplier were ordered to stop using the name of a private-label sake and pay 31 million yen ($200,000) to a smaller trademark owner, after the Osaka District Court found that the house sake infringed registered marks for Japanese sake.A major Japanese sushi restaurant-chain operator and its sake supplier were ordered to stop using the name of a private-label sake and pay 31 million yen ($200,000) to a smaller trademark owner, after the Osaka District Court found that the house sake infringed registered marks for Japanese sake....
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