COMMERCIAL CODE OF JAPAN
Article 20. The Exclusion Ability of Trade Name Registration
1. A person who has registered a trade name may demand that a second
party using the same trade name or a similar trade name, with the purpose
of unfair competition cease and desist from such use. Nevertheless this
does not prevent a demand for compensatory damages.
2. A person who uses a trade name that has been registered by another
person in the same city, town or village in the same line of business is
presumed to be using it for purposes of unfair competition.
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