The application for trademark registration is "confectionary maker" Rokkakudai confectionery in Obihiro city.

According to the company, the members of LS Kitami filed a trademark registration of the phrase "Sorae" on the 1st of the 5th day five days after winning the bronze medal at the Olympic Games to the Patent Office.

In this company, we have used Hokkaido's own language as a product name, and this time we also want to use it as the name of the product to be developed in the future.

Upon receiving the application, the JPO decides to review similar phrases before it is registered as a trademark, and it is expected that results will be around autumn around the same time .

After the application, the company received criticisms such as "Why do companies not related to Kitami shi and curling aim for trademark registration", and Tetsuya Sato president of Rokka Takkyu "I do not intend to use it exclusively, I would like anyone to be free to use it if it is registered as a trademark, since I realized that the players are good words with warmth by the success of the players, I applied," he said.