Summary

Trademark Act

“ Where, in the case of an application for registration of a geographical collective mark, the articles of association of the organization concerned prohibit any other person who produces, manufactures, or processes goods entitled for the geographical indication as his business, from joining the organization, or the articles of association include very strict conditions of entry into the organization, which do not substantially allow any other person to join the organization ”
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Trademark Act

“ If two or more applications for a trademark registration are filed on different days with respect to the same or similar trademark to be used on the same or similar goods, only one person who files an application earlier than others, shall be entitled to have the trademark registered. (2) If two or more applications for a trademark registration on the same day with respect to the same or similar trademark to be used on the same or similar goods, only one applicant designated by agreement among applicants shall be entitled to have the trademark registered. ”
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Trademark Act

“ An examiner shall make a decision to refuse registration for the conversion of the classification of goods where an application of registration for the conversion of the classification of goods falls under any of the following subparagraphs: Where the designated goods for which an application to register the conversion of the classification of goods has been filed are not the goods designated under the registered trademark or where an applicant expands the actual scope of the designated goods ”
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