The plaintiff filed a lawsuit for cancellation of the JPO decision, but the IP High Court upheld the decision on February 6, 2019, finding that 1) the plaintiffвЂ™s marks and the defendantвЂ™ Mark are not similar to each other in terms of appearance, sound and concept, 2) there is no likelihood of confusion between the opposing marks in connection with the designated goods and services, 3) there are no specific facts and evidence to support the plaintiffвЂ™s allegations of defendantвЂ™s unfair use of the Mark and likewise 4) there are not enough facts and evidence to support the plaintiffвЂ™s allegations of the damage to public order or morality caused by the Mark. However, the JPO dismissed the plaintiffвЂ™s request on J(Darts-ip Ref.: darts-356-694-F-ja). The plaintiff filed with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) an invalidation request against the Mark (for golf-related goods and services in classes 16, 25 and 41) on the basis of the followings:ДЎ) The Mark is similar to the plaintiffвЂ™s marks(Article 4-1-11)Дў) There is a likelihood of confusion between the Mark and the plaintiffвЂ™s marks for consumers (Article 4-1-15)ДЈ) Unfair use of the Mark to take a free-ride on the fame, reputation and goodwill of the plaintiffвЂ™s marks(Article 4-1-19)Д¤) The Mark is liable to cause damage to public order and morality(Article 4-1-7) The defendant is the owner of the mark, KONAMI SPORTS CLUB MASTERS (hereafter, вЂњMarkвЂќ). Meanwhile, KONAMI SPORTS CLUBВ has been engaged by defendant, Konami Holdings Corporation, an industry leader in sports business in Japan as one of the Konami Group companies.

The world-famous MASTERSВ tournament has been annually conducted by plaintiff, Augusta National, Inc. Mark: KONAMI SPORTS CLUB MASTERS (or вЂњ г‚ігѓЉгѓџг‚№гѓќгѓјгѓ„г‚Їгѓ©гѓ–гѓћг‚№г‚їгѓјг‚є вЂќ in Japanese) (Reg. PlaintiffвЂ™s marks: MASTERS (in standard characters), Reg. Mami Gosho (дє”ж‰Ђдё‡е®џ), who is a research associate (еЉ©ж•™) at Keio Univ (ж…¶еїњзѕ©еЎѕе¤§е¦) on linguistic (иЁЂиЄће¦).ДЄUGUSTA NATIONAL, INC. 'Dark Magician (Extra Secret Rare)вЂќ trophy Image is for illustration purposes.Article by author, Ms. In addition to this, in-app items will be distributed.

The winner, runner-up, and 3rd place will receive a 'Dark Magician (Extra Secret Rare)' trophy. The Champion of WCS 2019 (Duel Links Division) and players who received KC GT 2021 Main Tournament Championship Invitations may participate in the Main Tournament Championship and may skip both the KC GT 2021 Preliminary Tournament (1st Stage/Qualifiers) and Main Tournament 1st Stage. Players who are eligible may participate in the KC GT 2021 Preliminary Tournament Qualifiers and may skip the KC GT 2021 Preliminary Tournament 1st Stage. Schedule KC Grand Tournament 2021 Preliminary Tournament

Preliminary Tournament Qualifiers Invitation With the cancellation of the 'Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2021,' the following 'World Championship Finals Invitation' and 'World Championship Regional Qualifiers Invitation' earned from KC Cups are now changed to 'KC GT 2021 Main Tournament Championship Invitation' and 'KC GT 2021 Preliminary Tournament Qualifiers Invitation' respectively.

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