＃222【Radio Drama】Who Owns the ZOOM Trademark? — An original script_ゆるカワ商標ラジオ (Yurukawa tm radio)

<p>[July 30, 2026]An original script was created based on actual trademark lawsuits in Japan involving Zoom, a Japanese audio equipment company, and Zoom, a U.S. video conferencing company. At the time the script was prepared based on several broadcasts, the written judgment in the trademark infringement lawsuit had not yet been published on the court’s website.</p><p>Scriptwriter: Taichi Okamura &amp; GPT-5.4 Thinking</p><p>Director: Taichi Okamura</p><p><br></p><p>Each cast from ElevenLabs</p><p><a href="https://elevenlabs.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://elevenlabs.io/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Taichi Okamura </p><p>Patent and Trademark Attorney</p><p>brandesign IP Firm</p><p><a href="https://bran-design.jp/en/about/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://bran-design.jp/en/about/</a></p><p>ゆるカワ商標ラジオ (Yurukawa tm radio)</p><p><br></p><p>［参考情報］</p><p>▼書籍『ロゴとネーミングの法律―事業を守る商標のしくみ』の販売サイトと当番組のPodcastリンクまとめ</p><p><a href="https://bran-design.jp/topics/news/2849/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://bran-design.jp/topics/news/2849/</a></p><p><br></p><p>▼Radio drama script</p><p>### Cast of Characters</p><p>- **Attorney Soma** — Plaintiff&#39;s counsel. Female. Cool-headed and razor-sharp.</p><p>- **President Sumita** — President of Zoom Corporation. Male. Outwardly calm, inwardly passionate.</p><p>- **Roberto Matsumoto** — Head of Legal &amp; IP at Zoom Video Communications. Second-generation Japanese-American. Male. Speaks casually and directly, with a laid-back American flair, due to years spent in Japan as a child.</p><p>- **Ono** — Legal counsel at the Japan subsidiary. Male. Timid and anxious.</p><p>- **Judge** — Female. Elderly. Gentle, but piercing.</p><p><br></p><p>## Scene 1 — Soma&#39;s Narration</p><p>**Attorney Soma:**</p><p>I&#39;m a lawyer who specializes in corporate law. Lately, most of my work involves intellectual property — trademarks, copyright, that sort of thing.</p><p><br></p><p>In Japan, many people feel a certain resistance to filing a lawsuit.</p><p>*&quot;I don&#39;t want this to become a legal matter.&quot;*</p><p>*&quot;I&#39;d rather settle things quietly.&quot;*</p><p>I understand that instinct perfectly.</p><p><br></p><p>But litigation is one of the tools available when a dispute between parties has reached a dead end — a way to move things forward, toward resolution. When it&#39;s necessary to protect your interests, it should be used.</p><p><br></p><p>The client who came to