U.S. firm Zoom appeals 160 mil. yen trademark infringement ruling in Japan

Published: 2026-05-11 08:38:07 ET ZM

Published on 05/11/2026 at 08:38 am EDT

Major U.S. videoconferencing firm Zoom Communications Inc. has appealed a Japanese court order to pay around 160 million yen ($1 million) for trademark infringement to Japanese audio company Zoom Corp., sources close to the matter said Monday.

NEC Networks & System Integration Corp., the service distributor of Zoom Communications in Japan, is also appealing the Tokyo District Court ruling that ordered it pay around 16 million yen in damages.

The Japanese Zoom had filed a lawsuit requesting the U.S. communications company stop using its logo, citing the similarity of the two, which had led to misunderstandings.

The Tokyo-based firm, which designs and produces recording devices, was founded in 1983 and registered its logo as a trademark in 2006.

The court on April 24 ruled that there was a chance the U.S. communications company's logo could be mistaken for the plaintiff's, constituting trademark infringement. But it declined to grant an injunction barring the U.S. company from using the logo.

==Kyodo