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The text ''QR Code'' itself is a [[registered trademark]] and [[wordmark]] of Denso Wave Incorporated.<ref name="qrtrademark01">{{cite web |url=http://www.qrcode.com/en/index.html |title=QR Code.com |publisher=Denso-Wave |date=6 November 2003 |access-date=23 April 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915/http://www.qrcode.com/en/index.html |archive-date=2012-09-15}}</ref> In UK, the trademark is registered as E921775, the term ''QR Code'', with a filing date of 3 September 1998.<ref name="qrtrademarkuk">{{cite web |url=http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-find-number?detailsrequested=C&trademark=E921775 |title=UK QR Code Trademark |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915/http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-find-number?detailsrequested=C&trademark=E921775 |archive-date=2012-09-15}}</ref> The UK version of the trademark is based on the Kabushiki Kaisha Denso (DENSO CORPORATION) trademark, filed as Trademark 000921775, the term ''QR Code'', on 3 September 1998 and registered on 16 December 1999 with the European Union OHIM (Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market).<ref name="qrtrademarkeu">{{cite web |url=http://esearch.oami.europa.eu/copla/trademark/data/000921775 |title=EU QR Code Trademark |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915/http://esearch.oami.europa.eu/copla/trademark/data/000921775 |archive-date=2012-09-15}}</ref>

The U.S. Trademark for the term ''QR Code'' is Trademark 2435991 and was filed on 29 September 1998 with an amended registration date of 13 March 2001, assigned to Denso Corporation.<ref name="qrtrademarkus">{{cite web |url=http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4010:nrb6eh.2.6 |title=US QR Code Trademark |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915/http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4010:nrb6eh.2.6 |archive-date=2012-09-15}}</ref> In South Korea, trademark application filed on 18 November 2011 was refused aton 20 March 2012, because the [[Korean Intellectual Property Office]] viewed that the phrase was [[Generic trademark|genericized]] among South Korean people to refer to matrix barcodes in general.<ref name="qrtrademarkkr">{{cite web |url=https://doi.org/10.8080/4020100059499?urlappend=en |title=KR QR Code Trademark Application |date=2010 |doi=10.8080/4020100059499 |archive-date=2023-11-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231118080058/http://engdtj.kipris.or.kr/engdtj/grrt1000a.do?method=biblioTMFrame&masterKey=4020100059499&index=1&kindOfReq=A&valid_fg=&rights=TM&KeyWord=4020100059499&applno=4020100059499&Gubun=1&sCurrPage=1&searchFg=N&expression=4020100059499&openPageId=View01&isMyConcern=N&isMyFolder=N&config=/main/sharePage_EN.jsp,%20className=jeus_jspwork._main._700_sharePage_5fEN_5fjsp,%20jspUri='/main/sharePage_EN.jsp}}</ref>

== Risks ==