mercedo wrote today at 5:28 AM
About thirty years ago Coca-Cola company made a canned coffee- this is very popular in our country, called 'Georgia' . It was originally not admitted to obtain a registered trademark. The reason was people usually think 'Georgia' is a name of the state in America, not a name for a canned coffee. Years had passed, 'Georgia' was admitted to be a trademark by authorities as the name became much more popular among Japanese people.My surname happens to be free from the restrictions of trademark law, but I probably surely feel troublesome if I can't use my surname freely just because my surname happens to be the same as the real famous Giant company. Trademark law was made from mainly commercial purposes and ought not to be abused arbitrarily.