Patent Court Decisions
Title | [Trademark] JW.ORG Case (Patent Court Decision 2019Heo2240) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Date | 2020.05.07 | Hit | 736 |
Attached File | 13. [Trademark] 2019Heo2240 (JW.ORG Case).pdf |
[Trademark] JW.ORG Case (Patent Court Decision 2019Heo2240)
A “trademark consisting solely of a simple and readily available mark” as prescribed by Article 6(1)(vi) of the old Trademark Act means that a trademark consisting solely of marks that are simple and readily available may not be registered not that a trademark composed only of marks that are simple or readily available. Since the “JW” is consisting of two English alphabets, it may fall under a “simple mark.” but, there is no other objective data to show that “JW” is being used in various ways by a third party. Thus it may be deemed that the “JW” that constitutes the subject trademark( ) falls under the “simple and readily available mark.”