The Japan Patent Office turned down a hallmark application by a person in Shenzhen, southerly China, for utilizing the name of Japan’s aboriginal Ainu individuals, papers revealedTuesday
The application for “AINU” was submitted in March 2020 for items such as smart device instances and also computer system mice, according to the papers revealed by the workplace.
The relocation was slammed by the Ainu individuals, that are aboriginal to Hokkaido, north Japan, as an effort to advertise their society.
The workplace turned down the application because the Romanized name would certainly “easily” be perplexed with that said of the aboriginal individuals.
“An exclusive use of the trademark is against the benefits of our country’s society and the public, and may harm public order and moral standards,” it stated.
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