KUBOTA, TAKAYUKI

INTERNATIONAL KARATE ASSOCIATION

KARATE INSTRUCTION;THE WORDS INTERNATIONAL KARATE ASSOCIATION AND THE JAPANESE CHARACTERS REPRESENTING SAME ARE DISCLAIMED APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN, RESERVING ALL OF APPLICANT'S COMMON LAW RIGHTS IN SAID WORDS.;THE JAPANESE CHARACTERS ARE TRANSLATED AS VICTORIOUS INTERNATIONAL KARATE ASSOCIATION.;

INTERNATIONAL KARATE ASSOCIATION

Martial Arts Instruction;The non-Latin characters in the v-shaped portion of the Mark transliterate to BU TOKU KAN, meaning Power Victory Mansion in English. The non-Latin characters in the lower portion of the Mark transliterate to KOKU SAI KARA TE DO, meaning International Karate Way. That latter word DO or Way may also be reasonably translated as collective effort toward a goal, i.e., association. Thus, the lower characters may be understood to mean International Karate Association.;The Japanese characters shown in the drawing may be translated as POWER VICTORY MANSION and INTERNATIONAL KARATE WAY.;Japanese characters for and the wording for International Karate Association;

KUBOTAI

restraint and control equipment for law enforcement personnel; namely, two batons connected together by a cord near the handles of the batons;

KUBOTAN

PERSONAL DEFENSE KEY CHAIN BATON;