The JPO appeal examiners concluded that  is dissimilar to  with regard to medical apparatuses and instruments (catheters).

The use of the marks  (ALPHA in Katakana characters plus GPC),  and/or  (ALPHAGPC in Katakana characters) is considered as the use of the registered trademark  (ALPHAGPC in Katakana characters and ALPHA  GPC) in a non-use cancellation request

JPO’s appeal examiners concluded that   is similar to  and (Canon in Japanese Katakana characters) with regard to baseball bats