The trademark right of "ringtone" appears in Tokyo Metropolitan Government agency auction

Ringtone melodies ringing mobile phones and PHS ringtones with music style melody. Although it does not bother explicitly, I think that most people use it as much as it is if this mobile phone is popular, but its abbreviation "ringtones" is registered as a trademark. Although it was recognized as a general term even as a trademark, I did not care much about it, but it became clear that the trademark right was put on government official auction.

Details are as below.
No. 086 Trademark right "Ringtone (Chaku Melo)": Tokyo (Nuri sales) Internet public auction Yahoo! Auction

No. 087 Trademark right "Ringtone (Chaku Melo, Chimero)": Tokyo (Nori sales) Internet public auction Yahoo! Auction

What is being exhibitedYOZAN CORPORATIONTwo trademark rights owned by the trademark registration numberNo. 4194385IsService classificationIs "communication by mobile phone, communication by telephone, communication by electronic computer terminal", registration numberNo. 4,707,135Is registered in multiple service classifications.

Originally this trademark was registered by Astel Tokyo in October 1998 before the ringing melody distribution service became popular. After that, when Takayama (later YOZAN) Co., Ltd., which originally developed an integrated circuit for mobile phones, switched to a telecommunications carrier as an industrial type, Astel Tokyo was transferred and trademarks also moved to YOZAN. It is thought that it was decided to be auctioned along with the Tokyo metropolitan tax taxon which was sent to government official auction this time.

The general person can also participate in the auction, but the singing voice of the artist etc from the "ringtone" is directly called ringtoneChaku-UtaNow, as the shift to the advanced, who will win a bid? Participation acceptance period of public auction is until 17 o'clock on March 1, and the bidding period is from 13 o'clock March 5 to 13 o'clock March 8.