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ARTICLE · 17 JULY 2025

Yamaha Secures "WR" Trademark Via Exceptional Circumstances Route

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In a recent ruling Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha vs The Registrar of Trade Marks, Comm (Misc) 650 of 2022, the Bombay High Court has set aside the order of the Registrar refusing Yamaha's ‘WR' mark...

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In a recent ruling Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha vs The Registrar of Trade Marks, Comm (Misc) 650 of 2022, the Bombay High Court has set aside the order of the Registrar refusing Yamaha's 'WR' mark based on Honda Motor Company Ltd.'s "WR-V" trademark registered in class 12. The Court while setting aside the order emphasized a) the importance of global brand reputation b) coexistence in international markets c) obligation of the Trade Marks Registry to provide reasoned decisions and concluded that all these constitute exceptional circumstances under the proviso to Section 20(1) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.

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  1. Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, (Yamaha) global leaders in motorcycles sought to register the trademark 'WR' in class 12 in India in 2018.

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