Grounds for Refusal: vague/broad description
Grounds for Refusal under Section 6(1) of the Trademark Law
Refusal example:
This application does not conform to the requirements provided for under Section 6(1) of the Trademark Law because some of the designated goods and services are inappropriately described in this application in a vague/broad manner.
In the provisional refusal the vague/broad description will be pointed out specifically. In some cases the examiner of the Japan Patent Office would give suggestions of examples of acceptable descriptions of goods/services corresponding to the goods/services above in terms of Section 6(1) of the Trademark Law.