Book-marked! :))

Website: http://dr.nakamats.com
Phone: 03-5779-8585 Fax: 03-5712-1031

E-Mail:
1_Web e-mail (maybe the best)
2) Booking speaking engagements with Dr. Nakamats

Other e-mail addresses the Dr. uses:
Nakayoshikai@dr.nakamats.com
election@dr.nakamats.com
Cerebrex@Dr.NakaMats.Com
nakamats_1@dr-nakamats-shop.co.jp

could you give me his e-mail

Thanks

The Tokyo High Court Overrules Trademark Non-Use Cancellation Decision

SOEI VOICE INTERNATIONAL Vol.1 No.1 February 2004
by Yoko Sakuma

Dr.Yoshiro Nakamatsu, known as the inventor of the floppy disk, the CD, the digital watch, and more than 3000 other inventions, has won his appeal against the cancellation trial decision to cancel his mark “GANBARE NIPPON (Hang on! Japan)” on grounds of non-use.

Dr. Nakamatsu registered the mark “ (FORZA JAPAN/GANBARE NIPPON)”

for printed matter in 1997. In 2000, the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC), who has been using the slogan “GANBARE NIPPON” for Olympic campaigns since 1979, filed a cancellation trial against Dr. Nakamatsu’s registered trademark on the grounds of non-use. In June this year, the JPO decided in favor of the JOC, but Dr. Nakamatsu appealed the decision to the Tokyo High Court, and the High Court overruled the JPO in October.

As readers know, if a registered trademark is not in use in Japan for three consecutive years without good cause, the mark is liable to cancellation. Use by a licensee (either exclusive or non-exclusive) is also considered to be “use” of a registered trademark. In this case, the trial examiners as well as the Tokyo High Court found that the mark was used as a title of Dr. Nakamatsu’s monthly bulletin. The point at issue was who used the mark, since the bulletin indicated that the publisher was “GANBARE NIPPON,” not Dr. Nakamatsu himself. The trial examiners determined that the publisher was neither the trademark owner nor his licensee, resulting in the cancellation of the registration. On the other hand, the Tokyo High Court found that the bulletin was published by the plaintiff himself or someone acting on his behalf, because, among other topics, the contents of the bulletin were mainly devoted to Dr. Nakamatsu’s ideology, beliefs, and introductions to his invention.

According to some sources, Dr. Nakamatsu feels that the use of the phrase “GANBARE NIPPON” by the JOC could infringe his trademark right, and that he might need to take legal proceedings against the JOC, asking for compensation for the “damage” caused by the JOC’s “GANBARE NIPPON” Olympic campaigns, which have gathered a considerable amount in contributions.

Things could get nasty, but let’s hope that the parties show the spirit of fair play in this game.

Alternatively, you could just ask the guys at PingMag who just did this report last October: Twilight Zone: Dr. NakaMats’ inventions

PingMag did a good job but did not have the balls to report that the Doctor is vicious fraud who robs mentally defficiant customers to pay for his self-help programs—just like Scientology, only more expensive.

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YouTube: Adam and Joe go Toyko: Dr NakaMats

His daughter, Kaori Nakamats, might be an interesting angle…
http://www.le-in.net/kaorinakamats/profile/index.html

Fax facts:
Facsimile transmission over wires or faxing was invented by Alexander Bain, a Scottish mechanic who in 1843 received the first patent.
One of the first practical faxes was the “Belinographe” created by Edouard Belin in 1907-1912.
In 1924, AT&T marketed the telephotography machine which used by all the press services like Reuters and UPI.

Hell, a decade BEFORE Dr Nakamats filed his fraudulent Japanese fax patent in the mid-1960s, I used my father’s architectural fax machine (the size of washing machine) to send a homemade Valentine from my Dad’s Paris office to my mom in Chicago.