TRADEMARK RIGHT

Terms of use

This website is opened and maintained by YOSHIDA METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (YOSHIKIN.) These Terms of Use apply to www.yoshikin.co.jp. By using this website, you acknowledge that you have agreed to these terms. These terms may be changed without notice at any time. We suggest you to check these terms from time to time for changes.

1. Ownership of Rights

All contents on this website including text, material, images and audio are protected by the copyright law and these rights are owned by YOSHIKIN. Except to the extent permitted by the copyright law, no contents on this Website may be used, copied, modified, translated or otherwise utilized.

2. Use of contents

Permission is required for use of these contents on this website in the form of reproduction, diversion, recycling, re-circulation. Any use injuring the interests of YOSHIKIN, against laws or public order or morality, or for profit are strictly prohibited.

3. URL reference

Please use the following URL address for referring to this website.
https://www.yoshikin.co.jp/
www.yoshikin.co.jp

4. Links to this website

Permmision is required to link to this website. YOSHIKIN is not be liable for any damage arising from your access to, or use of any website linked to or from this website.

5. Disclaimers

Use of this website is at your own risk. YOSHIKIN make no warranties as to its completeness or accuracy. YOSHIKIN is not be liable for any damage incurred for any reason, including, but not limited to, inaccuracy, alteration or deletion of the contents of this website, arising from your access to, or use of, this website or any website linked to or from this website.

6. Governing law and jurisdiction

All use and all matters of this website are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan. The Niigata District Court shall be exclusively the court of first jurisdiction for all disputes related to this website.

7. BRANDS

YOSHIKIN, GLOBAL, GLOBAL-IST, GLOBAL CAMP, GLOBAL-PRO, CROMOVA and Dot Patterns are registered trademarks owned by YOSHIDA METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

Our trademarks are used to identify our products and services. The use of our trademarks for any service marks, product names, logos, or other purposes is strictly prohibited.

The use of any of our logos without permission is also prohibited. Regarding logo usage, it must comply with the "YOSHIKIN Brand Logo Usage Manual." If you require logo data or the manual, please contact Yoshida Metal Industry Co., LTD. Tokyo office, through “CONTACT US” on our official website.

When using our trademarks in text (YOSHIKIN, GLOBAL, GLOBAL-IST, GLOBAL CAMP, GLOBAL-PRO, BUNMEI, CENTURY21), please follow the guidelines below:

YOSHIKIN Notation

Correct: YOSHIKIN (all uppercase alphabets)
Incorrect: Yoshikin, yoshikin, etc.

GLOBAL Notation

Correct: GLOBAL (all uppercase alphabets)
Incorrect: Global, global, etc.

GLOBAL-IST Notation

Correct: GLOBAL-IST (all uppercase alphabets with hyphen)
Incorrect: Global-Ist, Global-ist, GLOBAL Ist, etc.

GLOBAL CAMP Notation

Correct: GLOBAL CAMP (all uppercase alphabets)
Incorrect: Global Camp, Global camp, global camp, etc.

GLOBAL-PRO Notation

Correct: GLOBAL-PRO (all uppercase alphabets with hyphen)
Incorrect: Global-Pro, Global-Pro, GLOBAL Pro, etc.

BUNMEI Notation

Correct: BUNMEI
Incorrect: Bunmei, bunmei, etc.

CENTURY21 Notation

Correct: CENTURY21 (all uppercase alphabets with Arabic numerals)
Incorrect: Century21, century21, Century twenty-one, etc.

Important Notice Regarding Counterfeit Products

At GLOBAL Brand, we are committed to combating counterfeit products. However, unauthorized replicas continue to appear on various eCommerce websites. Many of these counterfeit or imitation products are sold under different names, often in sets of 9 or 11 knives, labeled as "Professional Knife Set" or "Chef Knife Set," while illegally reproducing our signature Dot Pattern trademarks on the handles.
To ensure authenticity, all genuine GLOBAL Brand knives feature our official trademarks—YOSHIKIN, GLOBAL, and CROMOVA—on the blade, along with the indication of their geographical origin, "Japan."