As of 20 November 2017 the National Institute of Industrial Property of Argentina (INPI) and the State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI) have made their trade mark data available to the TMview search tool.
The Shimonoseki Fuku Export Association (chaired by Hiroshi Mihara), which consists of seafood wholesalers in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, shipped the first tiger puffer fish of the season to the United States on the 15th. It has been shipped to the United States since 1989, and this season it was shipped with the GI mark of “Shimonoseki Fuku” for the first time after receiving the “GI (geographical indication) registration” of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ regional brand protection system. .