Imitation

It was said that Japanese people are good at imitation. I think so too.
Kewpie company was once about to be sued since their symbol is exactly the same as cupid. Kewpie company insisted it was not cupid but QP, then they started using the name Kewpie instead. By the way Kewpie is a famous mayonnaise company in Japan.


Many years ago there was a pinball company called Disney. This was long before Disney company in the U.S.A. runs a business in Japan as Disney Land. At the time Disney pinball company took the name Disney, Disney was only known as the author of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, etc.

Disney pinball company was sued by Disney, U.S.A. and had to change their name to Dianey instead. Dianey didn't make any sense both in Japan and the rest of the world also, so they changed their name to less noticeable name.

Ironically enough, the name of Dianey was later adopted in one liquor company.