If not, in order to get the collective trademark, it needs to satisfy the Sec. 7bis(1) of Trade Mark Act instead. The difference between Sec. 3(2) and Sec. 7bis(1) of Trade Mark Act is that for Sec. 3(2), the trademark should be "particularly distinctive" to the extent that of all people over Japan recognize it. Nevertheless, the Sec. 7bis(1) says that the trademark should be "well-known" for people who live in surrounding area to recognize it. The purpose of regional collective trademark is to protect the regional brands that are not associated with specific commercial origin, but with geographical area. The problems occurred since there are some other enterprises that do similar business in the same geographical area, and are not a member of association, but using the similar or identical trademark as the one holding regional collective trademark. There are three parties who used the similar trademark as Hakataori Industrial Association and violated the Trade Mark Act. and Unfair Competition Prevention Act. The first party is Nihon Wasou Holdings, Inc., who sells Japanese clothing and other related items. Second party is Hakata Takumi Kohgei Corporation, who is subsidiary of Nihon Wasou Holdings, Inc. and sells obi (Japanese belt which used the method of hakata-ori). Third party is Hakata Textile Products Association, who makes a certificate stamp on their goods using the same trademark as Hakataori Industrial Association. The second party, Hakata Takumi Kohgei Corporation had asked Hakataori Industrial Association to be their member so that they can use the same trademark, but they got rejected. In March 2009, Hakataori Industrial Association warned Hakata Takumi Kohgei Corporation for using the similar trademark as them. As a result, Hakata Takumi Kohgei Corporation changed their mark from "hakata-ori" to "hakata-obi". In May 2010, Hakata Takumi Kohgei Corporation asked Hakataori Industrial Association once again and got rejected. Fukuoka District Court solved the problems between them by applying the Sec. 26(1)(ii) (acts of descriptive use), so that Hakata Takumi Kohgei Corporation can still use the trademark similar to the Hakataori Industrial Association's one but cannot be used as the same previous purpose. However, the problem will still remain if there is party who does not want to be the member of an association and using the similar trademark.