(2) if a trademark is composed of the same foreign language, letters or numbers, but the font or design is different, which may easily mislead the relevant public about the source of the goods or services, it shall be judged as an approximate trademark.
except for one of the following circumstances:
1. A trademark is composed of one or two letters in a foreign language with an unusual font, which is meaningless and obviously different in font, which makes the overall difference between the trademarks obvious and makes it difficult for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services.
2. A trademark is composed of three or more letters in foreign languages, with different orders, obviously different pronunciations or glyphs, no meaning or different meanings, which makes the overall difference of the trademark obvious and makes it difficult for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services.
(3) a trademark is composed of two foreign words, but the word order is different, and there is no obvious difference in meaning, which is likely to mislead the relevant public about the source of goods or services, and it is judged as an approximate trademark.
(4) Chinese trademarks are composed of three or more Chinese characters, only a few Chinese characters are different, and the whole has no meaning or no obvious difference in meaning, which is easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services and judge them as approximate trademarks. However, the pronunciation or glyph of the first word is obviously different, or the overall meaning is different, which makes the overall difference of trademarks obvious, except that it is not easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services.
(5) if a foreign-language trademark consists of four or more letters, and only a few letters are different, and the whole has no meaning or no obvious difference in meaning, it is easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services, and it is judged as an approximate trademark. However, the pronunciation and font of the first letter are obviously different, or the overall meaning is different, which makes the overall difference of trademarks obvious and makes it difficult for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services.
(6) a trademark is judged to be an approximate trademark if its characters are similar to each other and it is easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of the goods or services.
(7) if the pronunciation of a trademark is the same or similar, and the font or overall appearance are similar, it is easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of the goods or services, and it is judged as an approximate trademark. However, there are obvious differences in meaning, font or overall appearance, except that it is not easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services.
(8) if the words of a trademark have the same or similar meanings, it is easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of the goods or services, and it is judged as an approximate trademark.
(9) if the words of a trademark are overlapped by words, and it is easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services, it is judged as an approximate trademark.
(1) A foreign trademark is judged to be an approximate trademark if it only changes in form, such as singular and plural, gerund, abbreviation, added article, comparative degree or superlative degree, part of speech, etc., but the meanings expressed are basically the same, which may easily mislead the relevant public about the source of goods or services.
(11) A trademark is a similar trademark because the common name and model of the commodity are added to other people's prior trademarks, which may easily mislead the relevant public about the source of the commodity or service.
(12) a trademark is a similar trademark if some words indicating the place where goods are produced, sold or used are added to other people's prior trademarks, which may easily mislead the relevant public about the source of goods or services.
(13) A trademark is a similar trademark when words directly indicating the quality, main raw materials, functions, uses, weight, quantity and other characteristics of the goods are added to other people's prior trademarks, which may easily mislead the relevant public about the source of the goods or services.
(14) a trademark is an adjective or adverb that plays a modifying role and other words that are less prominent in the trademark. The meanings expressed are basically the same, which is easy to mislead the relevant public about the source of goods or services, and it is judged as an approximate trademark. But the meaning or overall difference is obvious, except that it is not easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services.
(15) if two trademarks or one of them consists of two or more relatively independent parts, and the significant part of them is similar, it is easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of the goods or services, and it is judged as an approximate trademark. However, the overall meaning is obviously different, except that it is not easy for the relevant public to misunderstand the source of goods or services.
(16) The trademark completely contains word mark, which has a certain popularity or strong distinctiveness in the past, and it is easy for the relevant public to think that it belongs to a series of trademarks and misunderstand the source of goods or services, and it is judged as an approximate trademark.