According to South Korean copyright law precedent related to threshold of originality, South Korean copyright law does not protect simple shapes, traditional patterns, and typefaces. Therefore, in South Korea, logos and trademarks consisting only of these elements are not copyrighted. However, as the Supreme Court of South Korea has ruled that the logo of Fox Racing is copyrighted, a logo and trademark at a level that can be recognized for originality is copyrighted. See COM:CRT/South Korea#Threshold of originality for more information.

Article 2 of Japanese copyright law defines that a work is eligible for copyright when it is a production in which thoughts or sentiments are expressed in a creative way and which falls within the literary, scientific, artistic or musical domain. Japanese courts have decided that to be copyrightable, a text logo needs to have artistic appearance that is worth artistic appreciation. Logos composed merely of geometric shapes and texts are also not copyrightable in general. See COM:CRT/Japan#Threshold of originality for more information.