Japan’s Zoom Asks Zoom Video Communications to Stop Using Logo in April 2020, But Request Was Denied
- Videoconferencing technology firm Zoom Video Communications Inc.
- In the lawsuit, the Tokyo-based company claimed that the U.S.
- According to the ruling, the Japanese company registered a logo featuring its name written horizontally in the Roman alphabet as a trademark in 2006.
Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered U.S. Videoconferencing technology firm Zoom Video Communications Inc. And its sales agent in Japan to pay a total of about 182 million yen 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 yen 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. Firm has used a logo with the same alphabet characters for its web-conferencing service since at least 2016.
Japan’s Zoom asked Zoom Video Communications to stop using the logo for the web-conferencing service in April 2020, but after the request was rejected, the Japanese firm filed a damages lawsuit in 2021.