特許庁のIPコンファレンスの紹介ページ KIPO
On May 25, 2016, the “2016 International Conference on IP” was held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. Lectures were given by and panel discussions were held among participants from the Japan Patent Office, the Japan’s IP High Court, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the Patent Court of Korea and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the global forum for intellectual property policy, services, information and cooperation and is a self-funding agency of the United Nations, with 193 member states.
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The European Union Intellectual Property Office, founded in 1994, is the European Union Agency responsible for the registration of the European Union trade mark and the registered Community design.
In Indonesia, a trademark very similar to ASICS’ TIGER logo was first taken over by a local company, and the company unsuccessfully sought to have the trademark registration cancelled.
Last Week Tonight（HBO,番組）の司会者John Oliver氏は、大統領候補のトランプ氏の先祖がその苗字をDrumpfからTrumpへ変えたことを知り、make america great againのキャンペーンをもじって、”make donald drumpf again”の”キャンペーン”がジョークとして始められています。このような状況で、米国特許商標庁(USPTO)は、デラウエア州のdrumpf社（多分トランプ氏の会社かと推測します）からの出願を拒絶しておりまして、その理由は、生きてる人の苗字についての出願であり、その人との同意の提出がないというものでした。まだ反論は出されていない模様とのことです。
The US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a trademark application for ‘Drumpf’ which allegedly references US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s ancestral name.
