Where it comes from
The line in the source
admitted “PIKACHU” has attained a certain level of recognition amongst consumers as Pokémon characters name
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Record
Trademark: JPO opposition 2016-900226 dismissed Nintendo opposition to ピカキュウ/PIKA-Q; JPO found PIKACHU has certain recognition, decided c.2017
Decided c.2017
ReportedReported by a reliable secondary source, or read carefully from filed documents.
Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.