Yesterday (23), the chief operating officer of Duowan, together with the head of the legal department, explained the follow-up disposal plan at a press conference in response to the YouTuber Yuye’s self-registration of the secondary creation label “Touhou Project” as a trademark.Today (24) Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroichi Matsuno was also at the press conferenceexpressing an attitude towards proper protection of creations.
This incident was caused by Yuu Ye’s announcement on his personal Twitter on the morning of May 15 that he had obtained the trademark patent of “ゆっくり Chafanju”, and creators who use this label to contribute must pay him an annual royalty of 100,000 yen.
Since “ゆっくり Tea Fan Drama” is one of the secondary creation types accumulated by the “Oriental Project” community for a long time, the community relies on mutual understanding and norms to create, and no one has ever thought about using their brains. to the head of the logo, until this man shows up.
After Yuba announced that it had applied for a trademark for “ゆっくり Tea Fan Drama”, it immediately caused an uproar in the community. Not only did it jump to the hot topic of Twitter, but it also directly appeared on the news page of mainstream Japanese media, and even made the parent company of niconico play more countries (ドワンゴ, Dwango ) The chief operating officer and the head of legal affairs held a press conference to explain the follow-up handling of the incident.
Today, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshi Matsuno responded to a reporter’s question about his views on “ゆっくり Chafanju” being registered as a word trademark by a third party, saying that he would avoid commenting on individual cases, and the important thing is to properly and legally protect the creation.
He also emphasized: “After the right holder registers the trademark, the trademark right will be appropriately adjusted after the third-party application and appeal system.”
However, Yuye, the party who ignited the whole incident, mentioned on Twitter today that the trademark “ゆっくり茶 Fanju” was cancelled on May 23, 2018, because of the slander, slander, and false information received from relevant personnel. and other reasons.
Whom it may concern
It is announced that the application for deletion registration has been submitted as follows on May 23, 4th year of Reiwa for the trademark “Slowly Chaban Drama” (Registration No. 6518338).
Reason: It became difficult to achieve the original purpose due to defamation, defamation, false accusation, and dissemination of forged information to related parties.
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