TITLE	Supreme Court en banc Decision 2010Da103000 Decided Oct. 18, 2012[Damages and Prohibition against Infringement on Trademark] [full Text]
Summary
[1] Where the court has yet to finalize the invalidation of registration of a trademark or service mark but it is evident that the registration of a trademark or service mark will be invalidated in a trademark invalidation trial, whether a claim for infringement injunction or for damages based on the trademark right constitutes an abuse of rights (affirmative in principle), and whether the court hearing the trademark or service mark infringement case may examine and determine the invalidity of registration of the trademark or service mark (affirmative) [2] Criteria for determining whether a trademark constitutes ¡°a trademark only with a mark expressing the quality, effect, and usage of goods in the common way¡± under Article 6(1)3 of the Trademark Act; meaning and criteria of ¡°trademark likely to mislead or deceive consumers as to the quality of the goods¡± under Article 7(1)11 of the Trademark Act [3] Where ¡°A¡± corporation holding rights to such trademarks and/or service marks as ¡° ,¡± ¡° ¡± and ¡° ¡± filed a claim against ¡°B¡± corporation seeking injunction against trademark infringement and damages, the case holding that said trademarks and service marks constituted technical marks under Article 6(1)3 of the Trademark Act or quality-misleading marks under Article 7(1)11 of the Trademark Act, that each of their registration will evidently be invalidated, and thus, that ¡°A¡± corporation¡¯s claims for injunction against trademark infringement, disposal of the infringing goods, and damages may not be granted for constituting an abuse of rights

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