KONAMI MARKETING (ASIA) LIMITEDowned byKONAMI KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KONAMI CORPORATION) v RAPID GROWTH LIMITED (添銳有限公司)trading as JUMBO MAGAZINE HOUSE (珍寶雜誌屋)

Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 000967/2006 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 27 September 2006.

1. The 1 st Plaintiff in this action, a company incorporated in Japan, has been since 2005 the copyright owner of two video game software created in Japan known as “ World Soccer Winning Eleven” and “ Castlevania Curse of Darkness” (collectively known as “the Works”).    The products of the Works all bear the trade names of respectively “ WORLD SOCCER WINNING ELEVEN” and “KONAMI”, both of which marks are registered trade marks in Hong Kong and owned by the 1 st Plaintiff.  The 2 nd Plaintiff is