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Agaworld claimed the Supreme Court of Korea
to invalidate Han-kuk (Korea) Motessori’s trademark rights after being sued by
Montessori for using the word ‘montessori’. The court made final decision that
the word ‘montessori’ can’t be exclusive rights for a specific company.
Korea Montessori has application history
from 1993 to 2009, but it doesn’t mean that it has distinctiveness acquired
through use because other companies and kindergartens also filed trademark with
montessoi word in many ways, the court added.
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| ▲ Montessori trademark search result on kipris.or.kr |
The word ‘montessori’ is originally derived
from an Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori education means
an educational approach for children developed by Maria. There are a lot of
education publishing companies using Montessori education and it is widely known
as books and teaching materials
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