Peek-a-Boo Burger [Weekly Short-Short Note]

"President! Please take a look at this."

What the intellectual property staff member was holding was a flyer from our rival company, Makidonald's. The flyer featured an announcement for a Tsukimi Burger that looked exactly like the one our company had bet its future on developing.

"You have registered the trademark, haven't you?"
"Of course."

"I'll sue them!"
"Well, the thing is, they are claiming it's a fraudulent application."

We had already sent a warning letter to Makidonald's demanding they stop sales, but they sent a warning letter back claiming that the Tsukimi Burger was originally conceived by one of our former employees and that they had proof.

"Who is it? Who is this employee?"
"It's Mr. Kubota, who resigned from our company last year."

"Kubota, the former head of the Product Planning Office?"
"Yes, it seems so."

The warning letter did not have any supporting documents attached, so the intellectual property staff member headed to Makidonald's headquarters to verify if they actually existed.

"Please show me the supporting documents."
"Sure. Here you go. There, I've shown you."

That time was 19.2 seconds.

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This week's secret theme was 'Peek-a-Boo Burger'.

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A fraudulent application refers to a third party who is not the actual inventor filing an application without permission.

By the way, it seems the actual 'Tsukimi Burger' is not trademarked.

I am participating in Tarahakani-san's project.
Thank you every week.

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