{"id":218041,"date":"2022-12-12T19:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T14:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=218041"},"modified":"2022-12-12T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T14:06:14","slug":"japanese-manufacturer-files-trademark-case-on-ajinomoto-how-did-the-seasoning-become-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/japanese-manufacturer-files-trademark-case-on-ajinomoto-how-did-the-seasoning-become-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese manufacturer files trademark case on \u2018Ajinomoto\u2019: How did the seasoning become popular?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cJapanese manufacturer files trademark case on \u2018Ajinomoto\u2019: How did the seasoning become popular?\u201d<\/b> published in <\/span>Indian Express\u00a0 <\/b>on 12th December 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The Delhi High Court has halted the release of a film titled \u2018Ajinomoto\u2019, after a Japan-based seasoning manufacturer claimed infringement of its 113-year-old registered trademark \u2018AJI-NO-MOTO\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Ajinomoto?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Ajinomoto is the trade name for Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), used as a taste enhancer in food.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The trademark \u201cAJI-NO-MOTO\u201d in Japanese characters was first registered in Japan in the year 1909 and subsequently, in English characters in 1964.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The makers first entered the Indian market in 1954 with its MSG product bearing Plaintiff\u2019s trademark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, it is a household name in the Indian market and the AJI-NO-MOTO trademark is directly associated with the Japanese manufacturer.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is <\/b>Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Monosodium glutamate(MSG), also known as sodium glutamate, is the sodium salt of glutamic acid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MSG is found naturally in some foods including tomatoes and cheese in this glutamic acid form.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>It is also used in cooking as a flavour enhancer that intensifies the meaty, savoury flavour of food.<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S Food and Drug Administration has given MSG as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) designation. It is a popular belief that MSG can cause headaches and other feelings of discomfort, known as “Chinese restaurant syndrome”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cJapanese manufacturer files trademark case on \u2018Ajinomoto\u2019: How did the seasoning become popular?\u201d published in Indian Express\u00a0 on 12th December 2022 What is the News? The Delhi High Court has halted the release of a film titled \u2018Ajinomoto\u2019, after a Japan-based seasoning manufacturer claimed infringement of its… Continue reading Japanese manufacturer files trademark case on \u2018Ajinomoto\u2019: How did the seasoning become popular?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-218041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}