Date of
Judgment: June 8, 2004
Issuing
Authority: Supreme Court
Level of
the Issuing Authority: Final Instance
Type of
Procedure: Judicial（Administrative）
Subject
Matter: Trademarks
Summary
of the judgment (decision):
Regarding the trademark containing the
portrait of another person, the name of another person, the well-known
abbreviation thereof, and the like, the reference time to determine
presence/absence of approval of another person concerned required for the
trademark registration is the time of decision of the trademark registration or
the time of decision of refusal (when an appeal against the decision of refusal
is requested, the time of decision to that).