Objection to Chinese company's "Imabari" trademark
Regarding the problem of Imabari city's Shikoku Towel Industrial Association (STIA), which prides itself on being Japan's number one towel manufacturer, applying to register the name "Imabari Towel" as a trademark in China and being refused due to the fact that a Chinese company had already registered a name written with the same characters as "Imabari," the Association and the city of Imabari have filed a petition to China Trademark Office. The ruling is expected to take around three years to be made.
India to withdraw mandatory submission of classified information on software
Indian government has establishedits policy to withdraw the ordinanace for mandatory submission of source codes with regard to communication device manufacturers, which it had planned to introduce for security reasons. Apparently, it took into consideration the objections from the telecommunication industry world of Japan, U.S.A., and Europe.
Characters resembling "Aomori" and apple pattern not acknowledged as a trademark in China
Regarding the problem of Aomori Prefecture, et al. raising objections after an application for a trademark which included Chinese characters "青淼" similar to the Japanese kanji for "Aomori" (青森), along with a picture of an apple [translator’s note: Aomori Prefecture is famous for its apples], was filed in China, the China Trademark Office ruled to invalidate the registration, stating that there is a danger consumers might misrecognize the production region.
Laws on unfair competition prevention to be reviewed
On February 21, 2011, the Industrial Structure Council's Intellectual Property Policy Committee at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) compiled a report concerning the review of laws preventing unfair competition. In order to tighten regulations with regard to the features offered by Majikon, which enables the use of pirated software, the report proposes that such actions should become subject to criminal punishment.
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