A trademark is a sign that distinguishes the source of goods or services. Each registered trademark is designated for use on a certain product or service. It is precisely for the needs of trademark retrieval, review, and management that certain goods with the same attributes are grouped together into one category, and all goods and services are divided into 45 categories to form a trademark Goods and Services Classification Table - "Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration".
The classification table for similar goods and services is abbreviated as the concept of classification table: similar goods refer to goods that have certain similarities in terms of functions, uses, raw materials used, sales channels, consumer objects, etc. If the same, Similar trademarks can easily make the relevant public think that there is a specific connection between them, causing consumers to mistakenly think that they are products produced by the same company.
Similar services refer to certain similarities in terms of service purpose, content, methods, objects, etc. If the same trademark is used, it is easy for the relevant public to think that there is a specific connection, causing consumers to misunderstand. Considered to be services provided by the same company. Similar goods and services in the "Table of Distinctions" are the needs of the trademark administrative department for trademark search, examination, and management work. They have summarized years of practical work experience and extensively solicited opinions from various departments to classify certain products that have specific connections and are likely to cause confusion. It is compiled by combining misidentified goods or services.
About the classification of product categories and service categories: The "Classification Table" cannot exhaust all similar goods and services. To determine whether the goods or services are similar, the relevant public's general understanding of the goods and services should be comprehensively judged. The distinction table is an important reference for trademark inquiries, examinations, and administrative and judicial handling of trademark cases.
The "Classification Table" *** is divided into goods and services, corresponding to the division of trademark usage: product trademarks and service trademarks. There are two parts: product category (Category 1-----Category 34) and service category (Category 34-----Category 45). Each similar group number and similar group name are provided to facilitate retrieval. When applying for a registered trademark, applicants are not allowed to fill in the category title and similar group name, or self-named goods or service names.
About cross-search queries: In principle, the goods and services in a similar group are similar goods and services. If not all the goods and services in the similar group are judged to be similar, the goods and services will be divided into several parts according to the similar relationship, and the goods in the same part will be expressed in Chinese as one, two... In principle, they are similar to service items. In principle, goods and services between different parts are not considered similar. For some special cases, a note will be used at the end of the similar group to indicate that similar goods and services should be cross-searched.
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