اليابان

Date of Judgment: September 10, 1993

Issuing Authority: Supreme Court

Level of the Issuing Authority: Final Instance

Type of Procedure: Judicial(Administrative)

Subject Matter: Trademarks

Summary of the judgment (decision):

With regard to a trademark "SEIKO EYE," for which watches, eyeglasses, etc. are designated, and which comprises of the combination of the set of characters "SEIKO," an indication of the abbreviated version of the goods name or trade name of a famous manufacturer of watches and other items in Japan, and the set of characters "EYE," a general and universal set of characters that is closely related to eyeglasses, the set of characters "EYE" does not independently give rise to any pronunciation or concept as an identifier of the source of goods.