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Zoom ordered to pay damages for violating Japan firm's trademark
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Zoom ordered to pay damages for violating Japan firm's trademark

The Japan Times·No Author·6 months ago
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The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered U.S.-based Zoom Video Communications and its sales agent in Japan to pay a total of about ¥182 million in damages for violating the trademark of Japanese electric musical device developer Zoom Corp.

In the lawsuit, the Tokyo-based company claimed that the U.S. firm's logo had violated its trademark and demanded a total of ¥600 million in damages.

The court dismissed the plaintiff's request for an injunction against the use of the logo.

According to the ruling, the Japanese company registered a logo featuring its name written horizontally in the Roman alphabet as a trademark in 2006. The U.S.…

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